“When thou was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.”

— Larry Bird

Don Wade (October 18, 1997) "A Bird on the Bench is Worth 12,252 In Roberts Stadium Seats", The Evansville Courier, p. C1.

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“I started learning my lessons in Abbot Texas, where I was born in 1933. My sister Bobbie and I were raised by our grandparents […] We never had enough money, and Bobbie and I started working at an early age to help the family get by. That hard work included picking cotton. […] Picking cotton is hard and painful work, and the most lasting lesson I learned in the fields was that I didn't want to spend my life picking cotton.”

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“It's hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.”

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Interview, 2004 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/04/sport.features

“I was a working actor. I believed that was my job and you did your job. In those days, I was not picking and choosing. I never really did, unless it was offensive or something I didn't want to do.”

Audrey Dalton (1934) actress

An Interview with Audrey Dalton on Olivia & Joan, Bob Hope, and William Castle https://heraldcourier.com/news/local/tinseltown-talks-audrey-dalton-survived-a-sinking-a-serpent-and-a-stallion/article_b29b83e8-df6c-11e3-963a-001a4bcf6878.html (May 22, 2014)

“I am always giving advice to young players about how things are, how important it is to work hard every day to reach the glory days.”

Milagros Cabral (1978) female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic

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“I am where I never thought I would be. I got much more than what I had expected. I am strong believer in God, hard work and honesty.”

Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality

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“When thou was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.”

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