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.
LARRY BIRDCoaches 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.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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Maybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
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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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It’s been a journey, the NBA. It’s taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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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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I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It’s the storytelling.
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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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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It’s being able to take it as well as dish it out. That’s the only way you’re going to get respect from the players.
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I just shoot until I feel good.
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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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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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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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First master the fundamentals.
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