My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
LARRY BIRDI hate to lose more than I like to win.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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.
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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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.
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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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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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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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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