"I know I'm better than these guys" - Larry Bird admits he felt he was the best player on the Celtics before even arriving in ...

"Never did make a lot of sense to me" - Larry Bird opened up about playing football for a time originally appeared on ...

"I get a little nervous sometimes when I talk about it" - Larry Bird on why he feels uneasy when asked to rank his legacy ...

Larry Bird explained why he found it emotionally difficult to return to Boston as head coach of the Pacers, despite being celebrated by Celtics fans.

"There's a lot of people who helped save this NBA, it didn't start with us" - Bird rejected the narrative that he and Magic ...

(Kyle Terada-Imagn Images) Braun was a basketball player in high school, and even played against Indiana legend Larry Bird. "Basketball to Hoosiers, it's 49 other states, and then there's Indiana.

Larry Bird, Indiana State lose to Magic, MSU in 1979 It was Bird vs. Magic. The first chapter of a saga that would change basketball forever. And it ended it disappointment for the Cinderella ...

Indiana State guard Larry Bird in action against Michigan State during the 1979 Final Four at the Huntsman Center. Michigan State defeated Indiana State 75-64. It was Bird vs. Magic.

Larry Bird is seen as one of the best 15 players in NBA history. The former Indiana State star spent his entire 13-year career with the Boston Celtics.

But for Larry Bird, freshly minted from Indiana State University and carrying the weight of small-town expectations on his back, it marked the beginning of something that would tilt the league's ...