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Larry Bird Inspirational Quotes (44)

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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Guys like Larry Bird -- he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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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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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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You're all playin' for second place.
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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.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging it's just that I'd put the time in.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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 player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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