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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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 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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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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 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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success.
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When I was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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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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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 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 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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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 don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
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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 hate to lose more than I like to win.
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