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..
LARRY BIRDWhether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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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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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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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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First master the fundamentals.
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