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"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life" - Larry Bird explains why he avoids doing interviews
"I've been hiding and I've been living a good life." "I really don't have any more to say," the Hall of Famer pointed out. "I ...
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"I know the ins and outs ... the reporters think they do but they really don't" - Larry Bird on why he ignores media narratives
"I really don't buy the papers to read the articles about the team because I know exactly what goes on within the team," Bird ...
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"I've heard some other players say I talk a lot" - Larry Bird on why he disagrees that he was a nonstop trash talker like everyone says
Players who went head-to-head with him often walked away with more than just bruised egos. They carried tales of "Larry ...
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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 ...
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"Larry Bird came in there and gave us a speech about taking it more serious" - Tyrese Haliburton says "Larry Legend" went off on the players about effort before the All-Star Game
For Bird, the All-Star Game had meaning ... Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas. Yet even with the speech, the outcome unfolded as expected. A highlight reel of flashy dunks, half-court shots and ...
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"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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"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." ...