Larry Bird Quotes (76 Quotes)

About all our good high school players are going out of state. ...That's something that probably hurts more than anything. It's very important to try to keep our kids in-state. That's how you have an identity.

I am very happy for DJ. As a former teammate and friend, Dennis is a good person and I am sure he will do a great job.

We would like to get a deal done. We're looking at every option. Teams continue to call us every day, but we're going to do what's right for the franchise and not just do a deal to do one. We want somebody who is going to fit in with this team.

He's made as many clutch shots as anybody who has ever played this game.

I don't believe that. How can they be affected It's the same thing every year.

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

I think Rick will get him the ball. We have a problem now when we drop it in the post we hold on to it too long. We need more movement with the shooters we have. I think you'll see that.

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

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.

I think he'll make an immediate impact because of the skills that he has.

I don't know if this is the right wording, but I felt betrayed. We're disappointed. Things happen, maybe it's a good thing. He's a very talented player. I always liked working with him and how he went about things on the basketball court. He's a top-12 player in the league, but we're in a situation where we have to move on.

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

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.

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.

My best friend missed three one-and-ones. I still get mad at him for that.

That's wild. That is really wild. That's a lot of points, I'm telling you. There's no question how good he is, but when you start throwing numbers around like that, it's unbelievable. It would be hard to believe if you didn't know it was true.

Hoosiers love this place. The high school game has produced a lot of legendary stories, and those stories get told here.

I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

Any time you deal a player, you would like him to go out of the conference. We're looking at the West, but if it's the East, that's how it's going to be. Whether we get a draft choice or a player, we're going to make sure it's the right deal. We've done enough to back Ronnie. We're in a position where we have to protect the franchise now.

I'm a firm believer you have to be patient in this league. The teams that are patient in trades (have more success). We'd like to get this done, but we've got a job to do and we have to make sure our fans are happy with what we get. They're our paying customers and we're trying to do our best for them.

It depends on what players are offered. The owners have a say in this, too. They want to do the right thing. If we get a good offer, we'll probably take the player. If we don't get good offers, we'll probably take the (draft) choice and do more scouting this winter and prepare for the draft. I think we'll get a good player out of this.

Me and Reggie go way back. I've seen him from him developing as a young player to us retiring his jersey. That's pretty awesome.

I think what it came down to is that our owner wants to win and, in the end, we did this deal because we knew it would make us a better team.

Some guys can lead and some guys can't. I have a lot of trust in Jermaine and I know he wants to be a good leader. But to just throw him in there and say, 'OK, you're our leader,' that's tough, especially when you're injured a lot. You lead by example and not with words, and when you're not out there every day in practice and games, it's hard to lead.

This franchise needs to get into the playoffs. You get into the playoffs, and things can happen. Obviously, we're not going to win a championship, but maybe it's something we can build off of for next year.

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.

I like the way we're playing. Not just because we're winning games, but because of the way we're moving the ball. It seems like we're coming together. We'll win a lot of games doing that.

I can see why fans don't like to watch pro basketball. I don't, either. It's not exciting.

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

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

I don't have a problem with them having a dam. The problem is standing water on the road bed. Eventually, that water will erode the road bed and the road will then break up and cave in.

He was clearly frustrated. Ronnie thinks if we lose, we would have won the game if he had the ball every time. The offense bogs down at times, but it's still a great offense. He held the ball a lot of times. Nothing frustrated me more than him not rebounding, but I didn't go out in the public and say anything.

I never dreamed that it would be like this. We're very disappointed in the fact that we had the guys here to do it and to get off to the start we did is very frustrating. We've gone downhill since then. But hopefully we're back on the right track and we can move forward.

You can't walk in there after a couple of months off and expect to play in the playoffs. He's definitely going to have to play some games before the playoffs. There's no question about that. The playoffs are completely different.

He's got great length and he's one of the best shooters in the league. He gives us another dimension on the outside and hopefully that opens things up in the middle.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

The right guy at the right time after Athens and the World Championships, ... This is the type of guy we need. After 2004 we needed a wake up call and we got ours.

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

I think he's the right guy at the right time. Sometimes you need a wake-up call. We've got ours.

I think in another month we'll know if the league will allow us to take him off our cap and give us some relief.

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.

There were some concerns, but I'm a little different. I think we will get a commitment out of our best young players. And the guys that are young now won't be so young by the time (the 2008 Summer Games) comes.

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.

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

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

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

The Greatest Game Ever Played.

First master the fundamentals.

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

Won't be much golf this off-season. It's going to be a working summer.