I like being by myself.
LARRY BIRDThe 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
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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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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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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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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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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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