Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRDLeadership 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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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 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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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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