Battle Quote by Jason Johnson

“More recently, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird faced each other on the basketball court as arch-competitors—first in high school, continuing through college, and culminating…

— Leonard Sweet

Magic Johnson didn't play the style that Larry Bird did, and Michael Jordan sure didn't play the style that Magic or Bird played.

— O. J. Mayo

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

— Oscar Robertson

With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has…

— Jason Whitlock

Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry…

— Greg Oden

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom…

— David Stern

Google 'Great White Hope and NBA' and you'll see a mayonnaise graveyard of overrated White stars that the NBA and entrenched sportswriters tried to…

— Jason Johnson

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same…

— Oscar Robertson

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

— Magic Johnson

“This is the Los Angeles Lakers of sunsets. Purple and yellow, it reminds me of Larry Bird.”

— Jarod Kintz

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

— Jalen Rose

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about…

— Dennis Rodman