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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.

Larry Bird

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
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.
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Before Dedicate Go Hard Out Respect Teammate Think Try Work Yourself
He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
LARRY BIRD

Course Discard Formula Love Nature Trust Until
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Again Buzzer Final Inch Push Sound Yourself
A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
LARRY BIRD

Accomplish Develop Fail Given One Recognize Skill Some Talent Winner Work
Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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Down Let Lose Make Situation Soft Teammate Win
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Announcers Basketball Eye
There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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Better Many Most People Play Practise Time Understand
I like being by myself.
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Being Like Myself
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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Coach Effort More Much Show So Something Talk Tape
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
I can see why fans don’t like to watch pro basketball. I don’t, either. It’s not exciting.
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Basketball Either Excite Fan See Watch
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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Good Have Like Money Really Say Talk Want
I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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Get Keep Level Once One Push Relax Think
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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Brother Goal High Just Look Nest Now Player School Team
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While
I think it’s good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
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Base Excite Fan Good Little Majority might Think
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
Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Basketball Crucial Development Habit Practical
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 Do Out Play Ready Teammamte Tell Tough
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
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Athlete Country Greatest Mean People Person World
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 didn’t play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals.
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College Competition Fundamental High Master Play School
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
I just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRD

Feel Good Just Shoot Until

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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