Larry Bird Quotes & Sayings
28 most famous Larry Bird quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 68 year old American coach born on Dec 7, 1956.
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”
“Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.”
“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.”
“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.”
“When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.”
“As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.”
“It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.”
“Leadership is getting players to believe in you. 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. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.”
“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.”
“I like being by myself.”
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