Larry Bird Quotes
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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I like being by myself.
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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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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.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don't think you can teach anyone desire. I think it's a gift. I don't know why I have it, but I do.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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.
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My coach told me, "Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there's always someone out there who's working just a little harder - if you take 150 practice shots, he's taking 200." And that drove me.
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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural. Whether it's a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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.
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