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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.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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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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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.
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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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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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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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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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You're all playin' for second place.
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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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