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.
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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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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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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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’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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’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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Guys like Larry Bird — he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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