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You're all playin' for second place.


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



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



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



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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.



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



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



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