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Larry Bird Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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

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



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

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



I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.



I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.



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.

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.



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.

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.



There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that



I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.



You're all playin' for second place.

You're all playin' for second place.



I hate to lose more than I like to win.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.





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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.



You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.

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May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.

May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend.



Music: what life, what living itself sounds like.

Music: what life, what living itself sounds like.



When it becomes a deep rooted revelation of what Jesus Christ did for you at Calvary, you will never walk away!

When it becomes a deep rooted revelation of what Jesus Christ did for you at Calvary, you will never walk away!



It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.



Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.



All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.




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