My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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More Larry Bird Quotes
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I like being by myself.
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If you tell a teammate you’re ready to play as tough as you’re able to, you’d better go out there and do it.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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