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Larry Bird Quotes & Sayings

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Larry Bird just throws the ball in the air and God moves the basket underneath it. — Howie Chizek

I hate to lose more than I like to win. — Larry Bird

My name's been on this check for a week now. — Larry Bird

First master the fundamentals. — Larry Bird

I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in. — Larry Bird

The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself. — Larry Bird

I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths. — Larry Bird

You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win. — Larry Bird

Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don't think you can teach anyone desire. I think it's a gift. I don't know why I have it, but I do. — Larry Bird

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots. — Larry Bird

The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes. — Larry Bird

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle. — Larry Bird

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. — Larry Bird

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

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro. — Larry Bird

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer. — Larry Bird

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting. — Larry Bird

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. — Larry Bird

Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird. — Magic Johnson

This is a silly place. Half the world has no clean water. The other half has so much that they pooh in it. — Larry Bird

Guys like Larry Bird
he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That's not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that. — Larry Bird

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much. — Larry Bird

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. — Larry Bird

Larry Flynt, running for governor of California. His goal - change our state bird to the spread eagle. — Craig Kilborn

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things. — Larry Bird

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. — Larry Bird

Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective. — Larry Bird

As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game. — Larry Bird

I think the greatest player I've ever played against was Magic Johnson. Next, was Larry Bird. Then, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. — John Salley

What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know? — Larry Bird

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be. — Larry Bird

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation. — Larry Bird

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that — Larry Bird

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan. — Larry Bird

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. — Larry Bird

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson. — Larry Bird

What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done? — George Vecsey

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss. — Larry Bird

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond. — Larry Bird

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me. — Larry Bird

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. — Larry Bird

I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart. — Dennis Rodman

It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds. — Larry Bird

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world. — Larry Bird

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals. — Larry Bird

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me. — Larry Bird

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball. — Larry Bird

I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice. — Larry Bird

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else. — Larry Bird

I just shoot until I feel good. — Larry Bird

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

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA. — Larry Bird

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win. — Larry Bird

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American. — Larry Bird

You're all playin' for second place. — Larry Bird

Dirk Nowitzki will be better than Larry Bird. I'm a legend killer. — Mark Jackson

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected. — Larry Bird

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever. — Larry Bird

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player. — Larry Bird

I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money. — Larry Bird

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