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I wasn't real quick, and I was...

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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

The best player I ever played ...

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

I don't know if I practiced mo...

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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

The one thing that always both...

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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

When it gets down to it, baske...

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

Once you are labeled 'the best...

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

I mean, the greatest athletes ...

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

It's been a journey, the NBA. ...

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

The best players will play. Th...

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

I've been around a while. I ki...

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

If there was a payment to the ...

If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

While day by day the overzealo...

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, 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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

When I was a kid, like 14 or 1...

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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

There are many times when you ...

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

Larry Bird 95 quotes

The nature of competition is s...

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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

When I go to the line I'm thin...

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

Coaches can talk and talk and ...

Coaches 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.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

You never make any of the shot...

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

Practice habits were crucial t...

Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. 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. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

I don't think that once you ge...

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

Larry Bird 95 quotes

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