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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that

Larry Bird

Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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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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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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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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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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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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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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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you’re about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
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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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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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