Larry Bird
Larry Bird
Larry Joe Birdis an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Since retiring as a player, he has been a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, currently serving as team president. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1956
CityWest Baden Springs, IN
CountryUnited States of America
Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.
I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.
My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
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.
I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in.
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.
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.
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
My name's been on this check for a week now.
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.