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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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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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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
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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 best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play 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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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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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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I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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