160 Quotes by Larry Bird

"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."

"Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation."

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

"Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing."

"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."

"Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player."

"The best players will play. That's the way it will always be."

"Maybe it's God disguised as Michael Jordan."

"I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle."

"There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that"