Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDCoaches 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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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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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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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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