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"I used to get very nervous and a little sick before each game" - Larry Bird admits he'd often feel nauseous before games
Larry Bird often felt nauseous before games due to the pressure and passion he carried as he led Boston back to greatness.
"I think that takes away from the game of basketball" - Larry Bird on why he believed the NBA increasing live TV games in the 80s was a terrible idea
Larry Bird saw the NBA explode in popularity during the ‘80s, but behind the rise, he worried live TV broadcasts were ...
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"He wasn't able to win every game, every championship" - Bill Walton explained what fans don't realize about Larry Bird
"He wasn't able to win every game, every championship, like Bill Russell. He wasn't able to play as much as he wanted to play ...
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"I can go out myself and take one thousand shots anywhere I want" - Larry Bird saw no benefit in playing three-on-three
Fans used to marvel at the seemingly impossible shots Kobe Bryant would make during a game, but weren't privy to him ...
‘He plays the game the way I liked to play’ – Larry Bird saw former Pacers superstar as one of his rare NBA comparisons
Larry Bird compares himself to anyone. Yet that is what one of the best basketball players of all time did, when talking ...
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'Take Three of Them Teeth Home': Larry Bird Revealed Why He Rejected Magic Johnson’s Friendship
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are parts of arguably the greatest basketball rivalry we’ve ever seen. The two Hall-of-Famers ...
Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird sparked old rivalry in 2009 WNBA playoffs
Celtics legend Larry Bird, competitive as ever, did whatever he could to help out the Indiana Fever during the 2009 WNBA East ...
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"Yeah, they'll probably have to do something" - Bird says the NBA will be forced to move the 3-point line back if high volume continues
Larry says that the league might eventually need to move the arc further back if the efficiency of the 3-point shot continues ...
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Quinn Buckner reveals Larry Bird only watches Nikola Jokic play: "Larry said there is only one guy that he watches play"
Quinn Buckner says Larry Bird only watches one active NBA player, Jokic, revealing the deep connection between two of the ...
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Larry Bird's net worth
he had achieved that one basketball player dream of being NBA champion, multiple times NBA MVP, and a HAll of famer. Q. Why is Larry Bird so famous? - + A. The Celtics forward and a great ...
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"Great players will be judged against the standards he has set" - David Stern on Larry Bird's impact on the NBA
"In the future, great players will be judged against the standards he has set, but there will never be another Larry Bird." ...
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"Before Bird, I used to vacillate" - When Bob Cousy declared Larry Bird as NBA GOAT
Bob Cousy once said Larry Bird made his GOAT decision easy, calling the Celtics star the most complete player he had ever seen.