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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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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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 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 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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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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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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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You're all playin' for second place.
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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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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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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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I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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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 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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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