First master the fundamentals.
LARRY BIRD
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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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First master the fundamentals.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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