I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
LARRY BIRDI’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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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’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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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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 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 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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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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