I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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