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.
LARRY BIRDEminem. 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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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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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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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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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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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