Larry Bird Quotes About Basketball

Quotes about: Basketball

• Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

• It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Winning, Balls

• 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

  Basketball, School, Thinking

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

• A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

  Larry Bird

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Nba, People

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

• I hate to lose more than I like to win.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Hate, Winning

  "Larry Bird : Doer and Teacher" by Douglas S. Looney, Christian Science Monitor (p. 8.), May 22, 1998.

• 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.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

• First master the fundamentals.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Sports, Self Motivation

• 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.

  Larry Bird

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

• Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

• 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

  Basketball, Being Strong, Practice

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

• 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.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Games, Yellow

• I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

• 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

  Basketball, Strong, Real

  “Larry Bird: What I've Learned” by Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. January 6, 2009.

• 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

  Basketball, White, Nba

  "Bird: NBA 'a black man's game'". www.espn.com. June 10, 2004.

• When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

  Larry Bird

  Inspirational, Basketball, Dream

• I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Practice, Play

  "Pacers Notebook/Pacers Make Turnaround". The Journal Gazette, May 24, 2000.

• You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Winning, Night

  "Making a Run From the Border". Chicago Tribune, February 17, 1998.

• Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Player, Jordan

• When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball

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

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Thinking, Missing

• 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

  Basketball, Coaching, Tape

• 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

  Basketball, Missing, Shots

• I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Talking, Nba

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

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Enjoyed, Has Beens

  "Bird Still Celtics' Main Man - At Age 35, He's Enjoying Basketball More Than Ever". Chicago Tribune, December 25, 1991.

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