Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
LARRY BIRDIt makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
More Larry Bird Quotes
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I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
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I have always been confident in my skills and once the game got going I knew I was probably the best player on the floor most of the time whether it was junior high, high school or college. I knew I had control of the game.
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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.
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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.
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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
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You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
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I like being by myself.
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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.
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Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.
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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
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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.
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Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
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Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball.
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