I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
—Larry Bird
Topics: Effort
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
—Larry Bird
Topics: Effort
You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.
—Larry Bird
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
Topics: Practice
I really don’t like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
—Larry Bird
Topics: Money
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
Topics: Practice
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
Topics: Winning, Winners, Talent, Goals, God, Win
I always know what’s happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
—Larry Bird
Topics: Observation
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