You're all playin' for second place.

You're all playin' for second place.

Larry Bird

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

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

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

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

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I just shoot until I feel good.

I just shoot until I feel good.

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

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

First master the fundamentals.

First master the fundamentals.

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

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

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

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

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

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

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

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

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

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.

We overreached our decision power. Sometimes our decisions have to fit the reality of the outside world.

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands!

The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.

The magic to a great meeting is all of the work that's done beforehand.

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.