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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: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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 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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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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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.
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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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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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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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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Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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