Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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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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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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 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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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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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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.
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When I go to the line I’m thinking ‘All net.’ When I don’t think that, I’m likely to miss.
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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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I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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