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 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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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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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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I think that takes it all. That’s the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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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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It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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My name’s been on this check for a week now.
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I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.
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