I just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRDI 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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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 think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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First master the 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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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