I hate to lose more than I like to win.
LARRY BIRDStrength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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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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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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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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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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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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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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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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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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