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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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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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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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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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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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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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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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 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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