Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
LARRY BIRDI think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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 think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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I like being by myself.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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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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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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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