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.
LARRY BIRDMichael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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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 players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I like being by myself.
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