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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Larry Bird
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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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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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