Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
LARRY BIRDMichael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
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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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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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My coach told me, “Larry, no matter how much you work at it, there’s always someone out there who’s working just a little harder – if you take 150 practice shots, he’s taking 200.” And that drove me.
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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 hate to lose more than I like to win.
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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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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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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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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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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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