QUOTES by Larry Bird
Find most favourite and famour Authors from A.A Milne to Zoe Kravitz.
Before 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. Whether it's a tie game or down by 1 or up by five, it was always the same shot. So I always felt comfortable with the ball in my hands because it was in there a million times before.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player's hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that's what I'm in this for.
Quote by -Larry Bird
You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Larry Bird
While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, 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.
Quote by -Larry Bird
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.
Quote by -Larry Bird
It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
Quote by -Larry Bird
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
Quote by -Larry Bird
It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
Quote by -Larry Bird
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.
Quote by -Larry Bird
When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
Quote by -Larry Bird
It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Quote by -Larry Bird
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
Quote by -Larry Bird
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Quote by -Larry Bird
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Larry Bird
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.
Quote by -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.
Quote by -Larry Bird