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We are standing behind him 100 percent.
- Larry Bird

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We can’t let that type of stuff happen. I’ve been talking to (Harrison) at least once a week. Not only David, but everybody, has to clean that junk up. It’s uncalled for. We don’t like it, the fans don’t like it. That stuff is going to be taken care of.
- Larry Bird

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We have a lot of talented players.
- Larry Bird

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We weren’t really interested in what teams were talking about. We haven’t had our team together for two years. I like how we’re playing now. We need to get everybody back and look at the product before we make any type of decision on whether we want to do anything this summer.
- Larry Bird

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We would like to get a deal done. We’re looking at every option. Teams continue to call us every day, but we’re going to do what’s right for the franchise and not just do a deal to do one. We want somebody who is going to fit in with this team.
- Larry Bird

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We’re glad this is over with. We wanted to be patient with this one because Ronnie is a heck of a player and someone’s always going to take a chance on someone like that.
- Larry Bird

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We’re still looking and seeing what we can do. We like our team, we’re very deep, but we don’t like where we’re at financially. We’ll see what we can do.
- Larry Bird

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What’s better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
- Larry Bird

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When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
- Larry Bird

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When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
- Larry Bird

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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
- Larry Bird

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Won’t be much golf this off-season. It’s going to be a working summer.
- Larry Bird

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You can’t walk in there after a couple of months off and expect to play in the playoffs. He’s definitely going to have to play some games before the playoffs. There’s no question about that. The playoffs are completely different.
- Larry Bird

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Larry Joe Bird

Larry Bird* (Larry Joe Bird), born December 7, 1956, is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming with legendary center Robert Parish and forward Kevin McHale. Due to back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. Bird was voted to the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team[1] in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[2] in 1998. He served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers.

1982–1987
The additions of Bird and Johnson rejuvenated the NBA, which had suffered from low attendance and minimal television interest through much of the 1970s. Immediately upon their entry into the league, the two players became repeating presences in the NBA Finals. Johnson’s Lakers won the championship in 1980, Bird’s Celtics captured the NBA title in 1981, and Johnson’s Lakers wrested it back in 1982. Bird and Johnson first dueled in the 1979 NCAA title game; as professional basketball players, they would face off numerous times during the 1980s, including the NBA Finals of 1984, 1985 and 1987. Lakers versus Celtics, and specifically Bird versus Magic, quickly became one of the greatest rivalries in the history of professional sports.

Between them, Bird and Johnson captured eight NBA championships during the 1980s, with Magic getting five and Bird three. During the 1980s, either Boston or Los Angeles appeared in every NBA Finals.

Throughout 80s, contests between the Celtics and the Lakers—both during the regular season and in the Finals—attracted enormous television audiences. Not since Bill Russell squared off against Wilt Chamberlain had professional basketball enjoyed such a marquee matchup.

Despite the intensity of their rivalry, Bird and Johnson became friends off the court. Their friendship blossomed when the two players worked together to film the 1986 Converse commercial, which depicted them as archenemies. Johnson appeared at Bird’s retirement ceremony on February 4, 1993 and emotionally described Bird as a “friend forever.”

 

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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.
- Larry Bird

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About all our good high school players are going out of state. …That’s something that probably hurts more than anything. It’s very important to try to keep our kids in-state. That’s how you have an identity.
- Larry Bird

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Any time you deal a player, you would like him to go out of the conference. We’re looking at the West, but if it’s the East, that’s how it’s going to be. Whether we get a draft choice or a player, we’re going to make sure it’s the right deal. We’ve done enough to back Ronnie. We’re in a position where we have to protect the franchise now.
- Larry Bird

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As a coach, it drives you crazy,
- Larry Bird

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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.
- Larry Bird

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Believe me, he’s going to help us
- Larry Bird

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But it is a black man’s game, and it will be forever.
- Larry Bird

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Consistency has been one of our biggest problems. I don’t see anybody on our team that you can depend on every night to do the same thing. One night they’re up, and one night they’re down. If you know what you’re getting from each player, it’s pretty easy as far as coaching. When it’s inconsistent, you don’t know what you’re going to get and it makes it hard to substitute.
- Larry Bird

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First master the fundamentals.
- Larry Bird

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He was clearly frustrated. Ronnie thinks if we lose, we would have won the game if he had the ball every time. The offense bogs down at times, but it’s still a great offense. He held the ball a lot of times. Nothing frustrated me more than him not rebounding, but I didn’t go out in the public and say anything.
- Larry Bird

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He’s got great length and he’s one of the best shooters in the league. He gives us another dimension on the outside and hopefully that opens things up in the middle.
- Larry Bird

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He’s made as many clutch shots as anybody who has ever played this game.
- Larry Bird

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Hoosiers love this place. The high school game has produced a lot of legendary stories, and those stories get told here.
- Larry Bird

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