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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.
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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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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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I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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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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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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