Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
LARRY BIRDFirst master the fundamentals.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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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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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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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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