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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.

Larry Bird

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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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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I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
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I wanted to compete at the highest level again – and that’s the NBA.
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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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When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
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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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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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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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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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There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that
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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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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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I like being by myself.
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