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First master the fundamentals.


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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.

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.



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.





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We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.

We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.



The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!

The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!



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Winners are convinced they will finish first. The others hope to finish first.



There are a lot of ideas I have that I think would be very marketable and commercial, but they're not as compelling to me as the ones that are unmarketable, uncommercial, and unprofitable.

There are a lot of ideas I have that I think would be very marketable and commercial, but they're not as compelling to me as the ones that are unmarketable, uncommercial, and unprofitable.




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