"When I was a kid, like 14 or……" — Larry Bird
"When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys."
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51 Quotes by Larry Bird
Larry Bird has 51 quotes on this site.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses…
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take…
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the…
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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…
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As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white…
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It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So…
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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody -…
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they…
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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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