I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LARRY BIRDI used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LARRY BIRDOnce you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
LARRY BIRDMy opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
LARRY BIRDI just shoot until I feel good.
LARRY BIRDFirst master the fundamentals.
LARRY BIRDI don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
LARRY BIRDYou 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 BIRDIt doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.
LARRY BIRDI learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
LARRY BIRDI mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
LARRY BIRDPush yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
LARRY BIRDThe best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRDBefore every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent a lot of time just shooting. So really it just came natural.
LARRY BIRDPractice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
LARRY BIRDEminem. 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 BIRDMaybe it’s God disguised as Michael Jordan.
LARRY BIRD