“Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.”

—  Larry Bird

Sam Smith (December 25, 1991) "Bird Still Celtics' Main Man - At Age 35, He's Enjoying Basketball More Than Ever", Chicago Tribune, p. 1.

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