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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?

Larry Bird

Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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Around Best Label Loafing Once Stay Want
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
Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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Celebrity Country Disguise God Maybe People Person
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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Best Celebrity Country Ever People Person Play Player
I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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Always Ball Control Decision Easier Game Make
As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
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Black Care Dissapeard Far Guard Guy Play Red Want While Yellow
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 used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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Far Feeling Love Made Run Skin Tingle Too Use
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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Anyone Desire Important Merely Strength Teach Think
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you’re not mentally tough and you’re not prepared to play every night, you’re not going to win.
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Excuse Eye Make Mentally Night Play Prepare Tough You
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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End Got Somehow Theory Time Work
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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Always Bother Got Me Nba One Play Put Really Thing While Guy
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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All Net Likely Line Miss Think When Go
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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Did Expect Play Player Teammate Then Way
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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Accomplish Develop Fail Given One Recognize Skill Some Talent Winner Work
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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Basketball Crucial Development Habit Practical
It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
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Ball Bound Go Guy Loose Make See Sick Stare Watch
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
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 mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Athlete Country Greatest Mean People Person World
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
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
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..
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Able Better Get Leadership Play Teammate Tell Tough
You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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Before Down Play Think When
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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Best Gold Greatest Medal Probably Sport Take Thing Think
I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player’s hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that’s what I’m in this for.
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Basketball Coach Control Decision Game Hand Out Player Sort Still Win
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

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