Larry Bird: Book Of Quotes

LARRY BIRD: BOOK OF QUOTES

ABOUT LARRY JOE BIRD

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

QUOTES SAMPLES

“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.”

“I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.”

“What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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Release date

Audiobook: 18 November 2021