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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
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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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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You're all playin' for second place.
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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 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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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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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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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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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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 don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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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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