American - Coach | December 7, 1956 -
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
Larry Bird
BasketballDownGets
When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute.
SchoolThinkThoughtNeverKidJust
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
MindStrongFundamentalsWillQuick
It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
MatterBallGetWhoPointsScores
I get homesick.
GetHomesick
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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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.
MeWhiteAlwaysNBAGuyOne Thing
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.
BestMeGameBlackHotelPlay
I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
LoveFeelingSkinUsedTo LoveFar
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
BestPlayerPlayedEverJohnson
I'm a loner.
Loner
I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
WorldMeanAfrican-AmericanGreatest
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