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I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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 think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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