#ill

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

#develop #goals #god-given #his #into

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got. ↗

— Larry Bird

#believe #better #getting #giving #go

Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans. ↗

— Artur Davis

#away #chunk #deep #deep south #die

This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership. ↗

— Artur Davis

#america #celebrity #confuse #executive #experienced

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

— Larry Bird

#give #got #i #in the end #out

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. ↗

— Larry Bird

#fundamentals #guys #i #just #like

What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know? ↗

— Larry Bird

#dogs #ever #i #know #mean

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever. ↗