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.
LARRY BIRDI hate to lose more than I like to win.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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