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Whether 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.

Larry Bird

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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Basketball Coach Control Decision Game Hand Out Player Sort Still Win
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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Coach Effort More Much Show So Something Talk Tape
I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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Anybody Bragging Good Just Put Really Time
As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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Black Care Dissapeard Far Guard Guy Play Red Want While Yellow
You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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Before Down Play Think When
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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Around Best Label Loafing Once Stay Want
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Far Feeling Love Made Run Skin Tingle Too Use
I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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Always Been Do Else Interest Job might Nbs Something Time Twenty Years
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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Anybody Enough Know More Practical Practice Somebody Somewhere Still Wonder
Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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Anytime Country Gold Got Medial Opportunity Play Win
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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Always Court Happen Know Occur Respond Situation
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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Bets Cause Fifteen Fourteen Game Hotel Play Waiter When
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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Did Expect Play Player Teammate Then Way
Guys 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.
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Celebrity Else Everybody Guy Hard Like Play
Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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Basketball Country Disguise God People Person Player
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Day Into Learn Next Strength Weakness Went
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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All Net Likely Line Miss Think When Go
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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End Got Somehow Theory Time Work
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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Become Court Dream Exactly Leave never Pro Until Want When Young
I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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Guy Just Like Quick Really Some Strong Take Whoa
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..
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Able Better Get Leadership Play Teammate Tell Tough
There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Better Many Most People Play Practise Time Understand
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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Down Let Lose Make Situation Soft Teammate Win
If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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Whether 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.

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