Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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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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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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There is nothing better than being out there when the game is on the line; only now, I get to see what my players will do. How will they react? Retirement is fine for some people, but I got bored. I'm used to more of a fast-paced life.
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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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I get homesick.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I'm a loner.
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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 always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I don't miss it at all. I'm glad I'm out.
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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.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute.
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I have really enjoyed coaching. It's a great experience. Every player should have the chance to do it. The problem is, I'm not that good at it.