Famous Quotes & Sayings

Larry Bird

My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

Larry Bird

The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

Larry Bird

My name's been on this check for a week now.

Larry Bird

You know when I played, you had me and Kevin (McHale) and some others throughout the league. I think it's good for a fan base because as we all know the majority of the fans are white America. And if you just had a couple of white guys in there, you might get them a little excited.

Larry Bird

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.

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.

Larry Bird

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Larry Bird

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

Larry Bird

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

Larry Bird

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

Larry Bird

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.

Larry Bird

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

Larry Bird

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.

Larry Bird

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.

Larry Bird

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Larry Bird

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

Tara VanDerveer

Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper.

Taraji P. Henson

When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don't have a lot of time to think about me.

Tony Romo

The Leftovers is a great basketball book that shines a light on what true competitors can overcome with a solid work ethic.

Tony Robbins

It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.

Tony Robbins

Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.

Tony Robbins

As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

Tony Robbins

In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.

Tony Robbins

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.

Suresh Raina

Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.

Sonny Vaccaro

One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.

Sonny Vaccaro

I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.

Steve Kerr

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

Steve Kerr

I have always been very comfortable behind a microphone. I love talking about basketball, I love being around people, I love being around the game, the travel and the excitement around the arena.

Steve Kerr

Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball.

Steve Kerr

I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.

Steve Kerr

I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.

Stephen Graham Jones

Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.