First master the fundamentals.

Quote by Larry Bird

Topics: Empowerment Quotes

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things...

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things...

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I...

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I...

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

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

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

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

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't...

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved....

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

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

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop...

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop...

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

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

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I...

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I...

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready...

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready...

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I...

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I...

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good...

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good...

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

He who loves money must labor. Mauritania.

He who loves money must labor. Mauritania.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.