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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Guys like Larry Bird -- he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
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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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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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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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