Larry Bird Quotes

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing.

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

You're all playin' for second place.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

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

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.

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

It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

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.

I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.