KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Larry Bird Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Larry Bird

Showing 1-10 of 28 Quotes by Larry Bird

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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Larry Bird

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: December 7th, 1956

Links

Find Larry Bird on Amazon

Related Authors

Sam Barry
Don Baylor
Larry Brown
Paul Bryant
Tom Coughlin
Alex Ferguson
Phil Jackson
Tom Moody
Don Nelson
Pat Riley

Popular Authors

William Blake Bill Burr Robert Kennedy Paul Mccartney Elvis Presley Jerry Seinfeld William Wordsworth Frank Lloyd Wright

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1990 - Bo Burnham

1567 - Saint Francis De Sales

1798 - Jules Michelet

1843 - William Pepper

1872 - Aubrey Beardsley

1904 - Count Basie

1917 - Leonid Hurwicz

1923 - Shimon Peres

1924 - Jack Buck

1927 - Thomas S. Monson

Birthdays on August 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Beauty Hope Intelligence Memorial Day Parenting Pet Trust Valentine's Day