The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
LARRY BIRDGuys 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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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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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 don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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