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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

Larry Bird

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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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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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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 didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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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 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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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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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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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