Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRDIf 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.
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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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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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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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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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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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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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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 it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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