I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
LARRY BIRDLeadership 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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 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.
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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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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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 think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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