Larry Bird Quotes
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My name’s been on this check for a week now (Larry Bird Quotes)
I like being by myself (Larry Bird Quotes)
I hate to lose more than I like to win (Larry Bird Quotes)
I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice (Larry Bird Quotes)
What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know? (Larry Bird Quotes)
The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be (Larry Bird Quotes)
I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, 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 it's course (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she’d get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don’t mean she wouldn’t pay the bank, but the children always came first (Larry Bird Quotes)
It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer (Larry Bird Quotes)
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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got (Larry Bird Quotes)
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much (Larry Bird Quotes)
I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond (Larry Bird Quotes)
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. 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. You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing (Larry Bird Quotes)
It’s unbelievable. But I’ve never been to a pro football game. I’ve never been to a pro hockey game, either. I guess I’m not much of a sports fan (Larry Bird Quotes)
There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don’t understand that (Larry Bird Quotes)
I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing (Larry Bird Quotes)
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 (Larry Bird Quotes)
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money (Larry Bird Quotes)
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle (Larry Bird Quotes)
I wasn’t real quick, and I wasn’t real strong. Some guys will just take off and it’s like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals (Larry Bird Quotes)
I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in (Larry Bird Quotes)