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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate youre ready to play as tough as youre able to, y
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"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

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In this quote, Larry Bird stresses the significance of real leadership in sports. He thinks that a leader needs to earn the trust and respect of their colleagues in order to achieve success. This is accomplished by revealing a real dedication to the team and the game. Bird worries the importance of leading by example and not simply through words. He alerts versus being insincere or fake, as gamers can easily see through this and it can harm the team's spirits. Eventually, Bird highlights the value of providing your all and being authentic in order to motivate and motivate your colleagues to do the very same.

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Larry Bird This quote is written / told by Larry Bird somewhere between December 7, 1956 and today. He was a famous Coach from USA. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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