Quotes by Larry Bird

I'm a loner.

I get homesick.

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

The more you win, the better you’re gonna get. It grows on itself.

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.

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.

Guys like Larry Bird – he played so hard, he wants everybody else to play hard. That’s not unreasonable. Any coach would want that and demand that.

I knew I was as good as anybody. That’s not really bragging; it’s just that I’d put the time in.

I’ve always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I’ve been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.

I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.