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..
LARRY BIRDI’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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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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You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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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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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.
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