The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
LARRY BIRDPush yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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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.
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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 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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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.
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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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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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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The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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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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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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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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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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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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