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.
LARRY BIRDEminem. 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I like being by myself.
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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 think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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