I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
LARRY BIRDMichael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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 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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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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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I like being by myself.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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