The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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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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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 wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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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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