I just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRDBasketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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 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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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