Quotes by Larry Bird

Larry Bird

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.

Basketball

Inspirational

Success

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.

Country

Sports

Team

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.

Basketball

Games

Yellow

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

Basketball

Enjoyed

Has Beens

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.

Basketball

Games

Play

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.

Games

Summer

Ties

But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.

Basketball

Games

Men

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.

Basketball

Coaching

Tape

Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.

Basketball

Sports

Winning

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.

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Listening

Son

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Get Better

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Quotes by Larry Bird

Larry Bird

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.

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.

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.

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

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.

But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.

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.

Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.

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.

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