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.
LARRY BIRDMy 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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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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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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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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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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 can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first.
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I like being by myself.
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