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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.

Larry Bird

Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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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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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Believer Firm Play Practice Way
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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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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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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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
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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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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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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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