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Larry Bird on his first time teaming up with Magic Johnson before their rivalry began: "He wouldn't give me the ball"
A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative obscurity. The year was 1978. Both were just college kids — rising talents but ...
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"No matter how good I am, I'm still just a hick from French Lick" - Larry Bird was humble despite being highest paid NBA rookie
"No matter how good I am, I'm still just a hick from French Lick," Bird once said ahead of his highly-anticipated NBA debut.
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"He played with my eight $20 bills in his shoe and lit up the 76ers" - Larry Bird won a shooting bet against journalist with all five fingers wrapped up
Larry Bird once taped all five fingers together and still won a free throw bet against journalist Dan Shaughnessy.
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"I'm not going to no junior college" - Larry Bird on his unlikely path to NCAA stardom
Larry Bird is one of the greatest players ever, surely in the top 10 of NBA history, but at the start of his college career, no one could ever predict that he would be this successful. Larry's ...
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Larry Bird admitted Dream Team's 1992 gold medal was too easy: "When you've been winning by 50 every night, it sort of takes something away"
Related: "I have no idea if I'll play again" - When Larry Bird gave a shocking statement about his playing future "The Hick from French Lick," already in the twilight of his career, was known as a ...
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Mullin reveals what was the biggest difference between Bird as a player and a coach: "No drama, nothing, simple"
Even though he made his mark with the Boston Celtics, Bird took on the coaching challenge with a talented Indiana Pacers ...