“Larry Bird came in there and gave us a speech about taking it more serious,” Haliburton said. For Bird, the All-Star Game had meaning. In his playing days, no moment on the floor was casual.

"I don't need all the fanfare; that was never my style," Bird said in 1992 via UPI. "I tried to play at a level no one else was at. For a few years, I did." From the moment he played his first NBA ...

Moreover, Bird emphasized that he enjoys wallowing in private and away from the spotlight. "I don't know when my last interview has been," Bird said with a grin during a speech at the ceremony for ...

But Larry Legend, in his trademark trash-talking style, saw this as his chance to throw a playful jab at his old rival. "It's like always, he left me 20 seconds," Bird said with a smirk.

Conley closed her speech with a heartfelt thank you to Bird. ... Visit the Larry Bird Museum. Address: 800 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute at Terre Haute Convention Center. Advertisement.

Conley closed her speech with a heartfelt thank you to Bird. "There's so many people to thank, but we have one person that we really must thank. That one person is Larry Bird," she said.

Larry Bird now has his own museum in the town where he burst into the national spotlight, taking Indiana State to the NCAA title game in 1979. ... But it was very neat to see him give a heartfelt ...

Hundreds gathered in downtown Terre Haute today to celebrate the opening of the Larry Bird Museum, a project that has been in the making since 2018. Before the official speeches started, fans ...