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Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Larry Bird

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Larry Bird
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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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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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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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 always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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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're all playin' for second place.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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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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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.
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