Larry Bird Quotes

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

I wanted to be in the NBA. I wanted to be in the NFL.

If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

I'm in Cleveland. I enjoy myself. I enjoy going out and competing at highest level for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA.

I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

There's no nights off in the NBA. That's what makes it so special. That's why everyone loves the game.

To me it seemed in college ball, guys are more hungry. It's for a different circumstance when you're talking about playing for money and playing for heart. Not saying that guys in the NBA don't play for heart, but once you get that money, you're under a different mindset.

I used to watch LeBron on TV growing up, and now I'm playing my first game against him.

Making it to the NBA is a big goal in my life, and one day I hope to conquer it.

It's one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.

It's the NBA summer league and everyone's out there fighting. It's been a great experience for me.

At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

That's what people don't understand, that in the NBA these are the best 450 players in the world, in the game of basketball, are in the NBA.

I learned a lot in the NBA.

I think the NBA, they like competitive guys.

I think every NBA player is trying to prove himself every day.

My dream is to play in the NBA.