Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRDI think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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If 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.
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