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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
Larry Bird
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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.
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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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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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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I hate to lose more than I like 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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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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