Larry Bird Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

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

You're all playin' for second place.

First master the fundamentals.

I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

I just shoot until I feel good.

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

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

I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

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

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

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.

Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan.

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

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

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