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 BIRDMichael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
More Larry Bird Quotes
-
-
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 it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
LARRY BIRD -
Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
LARRY BIRD -
You’ve got to have them down before you can even think about playing.
LARRY BIRD -
Anytime you’ve got an opportunity to play for your country and win a gold medal,
LARRY BIRD -
You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league.
LARRY BIRD -
I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game.
LARRY BIRD -
Basketball was always a game to me. One of the greatest things in life for me was to be able to play what I loved dearly and get paid for it. So it was always a game to me and that’s how I perceived everything.
LARRY BIRD -
The best basketball announcer is one who allows you to close your eyes.
LARRY BIRD -
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.
LARRY BIRD -
It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
LARRY BIRD -
Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it all you’ve got.
LARRY BIRD -
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
LARRY BIRD -
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 -
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LARRY BIRD