Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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.
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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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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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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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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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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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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.
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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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In 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.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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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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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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