If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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