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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.
Larry Bird
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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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 hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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 don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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