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.
LARRY BIRDOnce you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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