Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
LARRY BIRDIn the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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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.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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