Larry Bird Quotes
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Larry Bird Quotes & Sayings
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'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
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
— Larry Bird
You're all playin' for second place.
— Larry Bird