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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.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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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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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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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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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Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success.
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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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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 always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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