Larry Bird Quotes
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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I know the rigors of the NBA and what these guys can expect. I know my job is to prepare them, to get them in shape. We'll find a good offense and a good defense. And then let's do it.
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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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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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Well, I don't worry about ratings. I'm trying to win a ballgame right now. Whatever it takes to win a ballgame, we're going to do it. If it takes a four-hour game, that's what we have to do.
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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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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.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
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But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.
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I like being by myself.
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It's unbelievable. But I've never been to a pro football game. I've never been to a pro hockey game, either. I guess I'm not much of a sports fan.
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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, 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 hate to lose more than I like to win.
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When thou was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.