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Larry Bird
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Larry Bird
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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More quotes by 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
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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
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
You're all playin' for second place.
Larry Bird
I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
Larry Bird
When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
Larry Bird
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
I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
Larry Bird
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
Who in their right mind wouldn't listen to what Larry Bird tells them? He knows what it takes to be a successful player, and he's letting us do the things to have the success.
Larry Bird
I just shoot until I feel good.
Larry Bird
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
Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
Larry Bird
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Larry Bird
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
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
Larry Bird
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
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
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
