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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Larry Bird

When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, ’cause that was the best game. And these guys, they’d let me play. And they were black guys.
LARRY BIRD

Bets Cause Fifteen Fourteen Game Hotel Play Waiter When
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

Excuse Eye Make Mentally Night Play Prepare Tough You
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

Able Ball Being Crowd Dish Drive Get Involve Leadership Loose Player Take Well
The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.
LARRY BIRD

Better Get Gonna Grow Itself More Win
I’ve been around a while. I kinda know these things.
LARRY BIRD

Around Been Kinda Know These Thing While
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

Best Gold Greatest Medal Probably Sport Take Thing Think
He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
LARRY BIRD

Course Discard Formula Love Nature Trust Until
I don’t think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You’ve got to keep pushing.
LARRY BIRD

Get Keep Level Once One Push Relax Think
The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
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Always Be Best Play Player Way Will
What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
LARRY BIRD

Better Boomstick Dog Ever Know Mean World
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
LARRY BIRD

Basketball Been Enjoy Hard Life Much So Work
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

Guy Just Like Quick Really Some Strong Take Whoa
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use.
LARRY BIRD

Day Future Overzealous Store Student Use While
In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot – not in anybody else’s, not in anybody else’s in the world.
LARRY BIRD

Anybody Ball Closing Else Every Game Hand Last Second Shot Want
First master the fundamentals.
LARRY BIRD

First Fundamental Master
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRD

Announcers Basketball Eye

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