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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.

Larry Bird

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Court Opinion Play Step Taught Way When Win
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
LARRY BIRD

Athlete Country Greatest Mean People Person World
Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
LARRY BIRD

Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
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.
LARRY BIRD

Before Dedicate Go Hard Out Respect Teammate Think Try Work Yourself
Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
LARRY BIRD

All Give Got Phony Player Right See Teel
I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
LARRY BIRD

Good Have Like Money Really Say Talk Want
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Down Get When
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.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Coach Control Decision Game Hand Out Player Sort Still Win
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.
LARRY BIRD

Country Do Let Listen Mind People Person Player Right Successful Take
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.
LARRY BIRD

Celebrity Else Everybody Guy Hard Like Play
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
LARRY BIRD

Blue Collar Lot Money People Relate Think Work
My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
LARRY BIRD

Brother Goal High Just Look Nest Now Player School Team
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.
LARRY BIRD

Able Always Basketball Dearly Everything Game Get Greatest Life Love One Paid Perceive Play Thing
My name’s been on this check for a week now.
LARRY BIRD

Been Check Name Now Week
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Been Enjoy Hard Life Much So Work
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
LARRY BIRD

Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While

My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.

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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.

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