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Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.
Larry Bird
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Larry Bird
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 7
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More quotes by 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
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
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
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
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
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
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
I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.
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
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Larry Bird
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
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
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
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
Anytime you've got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal, I think that takes it all. That's the greatest thing you could ever achieve in your sport. So, I have been very fortunate to play on great teams, but the gold medal was probably the best.
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
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
Larry Bird
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Larry Bird
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
Larry Bird
