I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play 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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I like being by myself.
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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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