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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.

Larry Bird

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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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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As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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 always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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.
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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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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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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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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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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 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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