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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.

Larry Bird

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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Always Bother Got Me Nba One Play Put Really Thing While Guy
It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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Been Ever Expect Farther Journey Lot Nba Taken
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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All Net Likely Line Miss Think When Go
First master the fundamentals.
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First Fundamental Master
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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End Got Somehow Theory Time Work
You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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Before Down Play Think When
I just shoot until I feel good.
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Feel Good Just Shoot Until
I like being by myself.
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Being Like Myself
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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Able Better Get Leadership Play Teammate Tell Tough
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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Become Court Dream Exactly Leave never Pro Until Want When Young
You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
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Any Hundred Make Miss never Percent Shot Take Ten
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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Bank Children Deal Due Guy Need Payment Show
What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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Better Boomstick Dog Ever Know Mean World
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Basketball Crucial Development Habit Practical
I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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Always Court Happen Know Occur Respond Situation
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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Anybody Ball Closing Else Every Game Hand Last Second Shot Want
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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Excuse Eye Make Mentally Night Play Prepare Tough You
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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Always Been Do Else Interest Job might Nbs Something Time Twenty Years
I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.
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Anybody Bragging Good Just Put Really Time
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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Always Coach Hard Litle Matter Much Someone Told Work
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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Competition Do Eye Inavarible Nature Number People Prize Same Such
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While
Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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Anytime Country Gold Got Medial Opportunity Play Win
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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Basketball Been Enjoy Hard Life Much So Work
Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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Any Before Dhot Game Go Natural Over Same Summer Use
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Athlete Country Greatest Mean People Person World
Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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Around Best Label Loafing Once Stay Want

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