Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
LARRY BIRDIf there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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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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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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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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First master the fundamentals.
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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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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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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 best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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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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