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.
LARRY BIRDPush yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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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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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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