When the Game Was Ours Quotes

“when you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.”
― Larry Bird, When the Game Was Ours

“In the late seventies and early eighties, the home NBA team was required to provide the road team with a case of cold beer in the locker room after each game.”
― Larry Bird, When the Game Was Ours

“remember—there’s someone out there who is just as talented as you are, and he’s working just as hard. Maybe even harder.”
― Larry Bird, When the Game Was Ours

“when you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.”
― Jackie MacMullan, When the Game Was Ours

“Somebody asked me once how I felt about all that,” Bird said. “I told them, ‘Hell, I’m jealous of them too. I’m jealous because I never got to play with a Larry Bird.”
― Jackie MacMullan, When the Game Was Ours

“son. Kareem blew us off, but you were very nice.” The son was a grown man, a successful attorney in Los Angeles. His father was the CEO of the company Magic was soliciting. “My son is 29 years old now,” the man said, “and he still has that picture on his wall.” As Magic walked out of the meeting with a new multimillion-dollar client in his portfolio, he thought to himself, “See, Kareem? It could have been you.”
― Larry Bird, When the Game Was Ours