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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: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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Larry Legend
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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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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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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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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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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You're all playin' for second place.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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