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Larry Bird

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 go

Larry Bird

Leadership

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Larry Bird means that true leadership comes from earning trust by showing commitment and effort, not just words. If you say you will work hard, your teammates expect you to follow through because they can easily recognize when someone is not sincere or fully engaged.

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