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You're all playin' for second place.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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