Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRDI’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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