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.

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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."

- Larry Bird

Hard Work

"It doesn’t matter who scores the points. It’s who gets the ball to the scorer"

- Larry Bird

Teamwork

"I’m a firm believer in that you play the way you practice."

- Larry Bird

Success

"The secret to success is to never let down and never let up."

- Larry Bird

Success

"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

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"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."

- Unknown

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"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

- Thomas Jefferson

Hard Work

"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."

- Harry Golden

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"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."

- Michael Larsen

Hard Work

"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."

- Colin Powell

Hard Work