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.
LARRY BIRDI 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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..
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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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