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 BIRDBefore 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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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.
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When I was a player, I didn’t expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
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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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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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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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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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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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