160 Quotes by Larry Bird

"You're all playin' for second place."

"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."

"When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss."

"When I was a kid, like 14 or 15, I played with the waiters from the hotel, 'cause that was the best game. And these guys, they'd let me play. And they were black guys."

"When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball."

"Eminem. My son was listening to that and I was like, “What is that junk?” Then I started listening and I thought, You know, that kid is pretty good. It's the storytelling."

"First master the fundamentals."

"But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever."

"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around."

"I hate to lose more than I like to win."