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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.

Larry Bird

When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
LARRY BIRD

All Net Likely Line Miss Think When Go
You’re all playin’ for second place.
LARRY BIRD

All Player Place Second
Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
LARRY BIRD

Any Before Dhot Game Go Natural Over Same Summer Use
I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
LARRY BIRD

Believer Firm Play Practice Way
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LARRY BIRD

Far Feeling Love Made Run Skin Tingle Too Use
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
LARRY BIRD

Excuse Eye Make Mentally Night Play Prepare Tough You
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
LARRY BIRD

Become Court Dream Exactly Leave never Pro Until Want When Young
I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
LARRY BIRD

Anybody Enough Know More Practical Practice Somebody Somewhere Still Wonder
My name’s been on this check for a week now.
LARRY BIRD

Been Check Name Now Week
He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
LARRY BIRD

Course Discard Formula Love Nature Trust Until
I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
LARRY BIRD

Get Keep Level Once One Push Relax Think
I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
LARRY BIRD

Good Have Like Money Really Say Talk Want
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Been Enjoy Hard Life Much So Work
Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
LARRY BIRD

Coach Effort More Much Show So Something Talk Tape
Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
LARRY BIRD

Celebrity Else Everybody Guy Hard Like Play
It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
LARRY BIRD

Ball Bound Go Guy Loose Make See Sick Stare Watch

As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.

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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.

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