Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRDWhen 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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I like being by myself.
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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 had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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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’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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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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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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