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.
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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Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
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I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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I hate to lose more than I like to win.
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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
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The 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.
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I like being by myself.
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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 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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In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
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I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
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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 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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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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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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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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You’re all playin’ for second place.
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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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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 just shoot until I feel good.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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