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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

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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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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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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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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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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Whether it’s a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
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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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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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.
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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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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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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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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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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Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.
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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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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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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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