Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Larry Bird

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

Larry Bird

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

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

Larry Bird

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Larry Bird

My name's been on this check for a week now.

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.

Larry Bird

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

Larry Bird

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.

Larry Bird

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

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.

Larry Bird

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

Larry Bird

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

Larry Bird

I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.

Larry Bird

I hate to lose more than I like 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

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.

Larry Bird

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Larry Bird

There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that

Theresa Grentz

Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!

Terry Stotts

The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together

Lee Trevino

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Lauren Jackson

I can't even begin to explain how important it is to all the people who have been involved in our program, and built it to where it is today. I can't believe we won. I can't believe we have the gold medal.

Lauren Jackson

I can see Sue and I leading this team to many more championships...We're going to take this and learn from it. We worked too hard for this.

Lewis Black

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation.

Jules Asner

I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was a child - you're either a model or you play basketball.

JWoww

I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.

Julius Peppers

I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge.

Julius Erving

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

Julius Erving

I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.

Julius Erving

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.

Julius Erving

I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.

Julius Erving

I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.