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.
LARRY BIRDMichael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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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’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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