Quote

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

Larry Bird

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Coach
Larry Legend
The Great White Hope
The Hick from French Lick
Larry Joe Bird
Mr. Wonderful
Kodak
Compete
Highest
Level
Levels
Wanted
Nba

More quotes by Larry Bird

Image
I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
Larry Bird
Image
Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
Larry Bird
Image
I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.
Larry Bird
Image
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
Larry Bird
Image
Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
Larry Bird
Image
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Larry Bird
Image
The nature of competition is such that any number of people invariably have their eyes on the same prize you do. Recognize your assets and employ them to the best of your ability.
Larry Bird
Image
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Larry Bird
Image
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
Larry Bird
Image
You're all playin' for second place.
Larry Bird
Image
It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
Larry Bird
Image
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
Image
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
Larry Bird
Image
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
Larry Bird
Image
Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
Larry Bird
Image
When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
Larry Bird
Image
Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling.
Larry Bird
Image
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
Image
If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.
Larry Bird
Image
When I was a player, I didn't expect my teammates to play the way I did. I did expect them to work hard every day and get better. And I never learned anything by losing.
Larry Bird