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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

Who in their right mind wouldn’t listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he’s letting us do the things to have the success.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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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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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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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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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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