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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.

Larry Bird

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.
LARRY BIRD

Before Dedicate Go Hard Out Respect Teammate Think Try Work Yourself
You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
LARRY BIRD

Any Hundred Make Miss never Percent Shot Take Ten
I like being by myself.
LARRY BIRD

Being Like Myself
What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
LARRY BIRD

Better Boomstick Dog Ever Know Mean World
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.
LARRY BIRD

Able Ball Being Crowd Dish Drive Get Involve Leadership Loose Player Take Well
I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
LARRY BIRD

Believer Firm Play Practice Way
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
LARRY BIRD

Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While
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.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Coach Control Decision Game Hand Out Player Sort Still Win
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.
LARRY BIRD

Competition Do Eye Inavarible Nature Number People Prize Same Such
First master the fundamentals.
LARRY BIRD

First Fundamental Master
Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
LARRY BIRD

Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
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.
LARRY BIRD

Always Been Do Else Interest Job might Nbs Something Time Twenty Years
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.
LARRY BIRD

Anybody Enough Know More Practical Practice Somebody Somewhere Still Wonder
The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
LARRY BIRD

Better Get Gonna Grow Itself More Win
My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
LARRY BIRD

Brother Goal High Just Look Nest Now Player School Team
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.
LARRY BIRD

Country Do Let Listen Mind People Person Player Right Successful Take

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