My name’s been on this check for a week now.
LARRY BIRDA 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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