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Larry Bird
American
Coach
Born:
Dec 7
,
1956
Best
Black
Game
Me
Will
You
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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
Goals
Winner
Someone
Tail
Develop
Talents
His
Accomplish
Off
God-Given
Them
Skills
Who
Uses
Works
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Larry Bird
Yourself
Final
Give
Push
Until
Sounds
Again
Inch
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
Leadership
You
Respect
Other
Way
Out
Able
Only
Crowd
Take
Diving
Involved
Well
Loose
Ball
Get
Getting
Going
Being
Dish
Players
It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
Larry Bird
Matter
Points
Ball
Scorer
Scores
Get
Who
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
Future
Day
Nature
Trust
Will
Finds
Directions
Student
Take
Facts
He
Until
Discard
Learned
Course
Conclusion
Up
Overzealous
Fewer
Stores
After
While
Formula
Use
Who
Ever
External
Need
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Larry Bird
Work
Time
You
Will
Out
Somehow
Give
Got
End
In The End
Work Out
Theory
Things
It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
Larry Bird
Journey
Me
Taken
Been
Lot
Than
Expected
Farther
NBA
Ever
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
Strong
Mind
Will
Whoa
Some
Guys
Beat
Take
Like
Real
Off
Quick
Just
Them
Fundamentals
But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.
Larry Bird
Game
Man
Will
Black
Forever
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.
Larry Bird
Me
Somebody
Somewhere
Enough
More
Know
Sure
Practiced
Practicing
Still
Wonder
Than
Anybody
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
Larry Bird
Best
Johnson
Ever
Played
Player
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
School
Thought
Think
Kid
Minute
About
Never
Had
Going
Just
Where
Anything
Lived
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
Best
Me
Game
Cause
Black
Kid
Guys
Hotel
Like
Were
Waiters
Play
Played
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