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Guys like Larry Bird -- he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Bird
Guy
Play Hard
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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 to my game.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Black
Care
Disrespect
Games
Guarded
Guarding
Guy
Red
Want
White
Yellow
Just
Because
Me
Me Game Care
As Far As
Game
Far
Playing
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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 goals.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Inspirational
Success
Accomplish
Basketball
Skills
Winner
Winning
Who
Someone
Works
Them
Develop
Goals
God-Given
Off
His
Tail
Uses
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When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Minute
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Kids
Games
Hotel
Play
Waiters
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Get Better
Hard Work
Player
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Kids
Listening
Son
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I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Games
Thinking
Trying
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Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Bird
Player
Successful
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Educational
Eye
Numbers
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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 / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Brother
Team
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Sports
Motivation
Softball
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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 / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Children
Mean
Needed
Payment
Shoes
Bank
Due
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Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that's how I perceived everything.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Games
Play
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Leadership
Motivational
Respect
Able
Basketball
Involved
Ball
Crowd
Dish
Getting
Players
Loose
Well
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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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
College
Player
School
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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 directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Trust
Basketball
Conclusion
Facts
Fewer
Needs
Overzealous
Stores
External
Course
Directions
Discard
Student
Finds
Formula
Learned
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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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Leadership
Able
Basketball
Believe
Giving
Phony
Player
Ready
Teammate
Tough
Believe Better Will
Through
Getting
Players
Got
Tell
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Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, 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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Sports
Country
Team
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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 / Basketball Coach
Basketball
School
Thinking
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Couple
Thinking
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, 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.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Player
Winning
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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. Whether it's a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
Larry Bird / Basketball Coach
Games
Summer
Ties
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