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28 quotes by Larry Bird

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player, he has been a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, currently serving as team president. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one...
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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... →

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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... →

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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

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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... →

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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

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As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect... →

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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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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... →

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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... →

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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

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