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Me and Reggie go way back. I’ve seen him from him developing as a young player to us retiring his jersey. That’s pretty awesome.
– Larry Bird

 

 

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My best friend missed three one-and-ones. I still get mad at him for that.
– Larry Bird

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My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.
– Larry Bird

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Obviously, we’re very happy about getting a player of his caliber. He’s one of the best shooters in the league and we definitely feel he can come in and help us right away.
– Larry Bird

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Once you are labeled ‘the best’ you want to stay up there, and you can’t do it by loafing around.
– Larry Bird

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Over the last four, five years, you’ve seen some of the things, and maybe we did bend over too much for Ronnie to try to help him. But I can sleep good at night, knowing we did the best we could.
– Larry Bird

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Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
– Larry Bird

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Some guys can lead and some guys can’t. I have a lot of trust in Jermaine and I know he wants to be a good leader. But to just throw him in there and say, ‘OK, you’re our leader,’ that’s tough, especially when you’re injured a lot. You lead by example and not with words, and when you’re not out there every day in practice and games, it’s hard to lead.
– Larry Bird

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That’s wild. That is really wild. That’s a lot of points, I’m telling you. There’s no question how good he is, but when you start throwing numbers around like that, it’s unbelievable. It would be hard to believe if you didn’t know it was true.
– Larry Bird

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The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
– Larry Bird

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The best players will play. That’s the way it will always be.
– Larry Bird

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The Greatest Game Ever Played.
– Larry Bird

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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.
– Larry Bird

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The right guy at the right time after Athens and the World Championships, … This is the type of guy we need. After 2004 we needed a wake up call and we got ours.
– Larry Bird

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There were a lot of doubts. I had an opportunity to play against Reggie. After the first two or three times, there was no doubt they made the right decision.
– Larry Bird

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There were some concerns, but I’m a little different. I think we will get a commitment out of our best young players. And the guys that are young now won’t be so young by the time (the 2008 Summer Games) comes.
– Larry Bird

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There’s going to be some changes in the way they play. It’s like they’re just going through the motions out there at times. We’ve talked to them and expressed our frustrations, and if it continues to happen, we’ll probably have to look in another direction, because one thing we’re going to do is put a competitive team out on the court.
– Larry Bird

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This franchise needs to get into the playoffs. You get into the playoffs, and things can happen. Obviously, we’re not going to win a championship, but maybe it’s something we can build off of for next year.
– Larry Bird

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