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I hate to lose more than I like to win.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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You're all playin' for second place.
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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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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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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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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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