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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: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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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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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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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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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