Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
LARRY BIRDWhat’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand 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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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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.
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