“The first thing I would do every morning was look at the box scores to see what Magic [Johnson] did. I didn't care about anything else.”

Larry Bird (l.) with Magic Johnson (r.) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar behind them
Mike Kullen/AP
On his 56th birthday, here are 10 quotes from the basketball player.
“The first thing I would do every morning was look at the box scores to see what Magic [Johnson] did. I didn't care about anything else.”
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