BIOGRAPHY
The hometowns where Larry Bird grew up.
What is West Baden Springs and French Lick, Indiana?
(Page 6)
The number of three point contests Larry Bird won to be crowned the "Three-Point King."
What is 3 consecutive wins?
(Pages 199-205)
The age Larry Bird fell in love with basketball.
What is 13 years old?
(Page 3)
A relative of Bird's who took his own life with a shotgun.
Who is Larry Bird's father (Joe Bird)?
(14-17)
The NBA player Larry believed wasn't better than he or Magic Johnson, but was the beginning of the next era of basketball.
Who is Michael Jordan?
(Pages 144-147)
The colleges that Larry Bird attended.
What is Indiana University and Indiana State University.
(Pages 41-51)
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson played against each other in a big college game that received major attention by the press. Magic Johnson won the game.
What is the NCAA Championship (Michigan State and Magic Johnson vs Indiana State and Larry Bird)?
(Pages 53-59)
The biggest rival of Larry Bird during his college years and NBA career.
Who is Magic Johnson
(Pages 56-57)
What are his stats?
(Pages 127-128)
The most unselfish basketball player Bird has ever played with. He is a great defensive player who never misses a practice.
Who is Robert Parish?
(Pages 212-214)
Larry Bird's second wife after the divorce with Janet Condra.
Who is Dinah Mattingly?
(Pages 42-44)
The name of the event that Larry Bird runs to raise money for educational scholarships for kids in Indiana.
What is the Larry Bird All-Star Classic Scholarship basketball game in Indianapolis.
(Page 257)
The Celtics play Western teams for about 8 games straight while the Boston garden is being utilized.
What are the West Coast Trips?
(Page 250)
Something people lacked that caused them to doubt Larry Bird's NBA success.
What is respect?
(Page 82)
The person who Bird believed to be the best defender he's ever faced.
Who is Michael Cooper?
(Pages 134-136)
The major injuries that Larry Bird suffered throughout his career.
What is his elbow, back, heels and both achilles tendons?
(Described throughout multiple parts of the book).
Larry Bird was voted in on his first year in the NBA, but believed he didn't deserve it. He also hit the first ever three pointer in the event's history.
What is the NBA All Star Game?
(Pages 72-73)
Larry Bird enjoyed international trips. One trip he went on was in Bethlehem to visit Jerusalem, but he almost didn't get to visit because he got...
What is severely dehydrated?
(Page 256).
The kind of interviews Larry Bird enjoyed more when it came to the press.
What are the big group session?
(Pages 248-249)
He is the founder of the Boston Celtics. There wouldn't be an NBA without him. He paid playoff shares out of pocket.
Who is Walter Brown?
(Page 258)
The amount of money Larry Bird was offered to sign with the Celtics by Red Auerbach and Mr. Bob Woolf to make him the highest paid rookie in sports (at the time).
What is $500,000?
(Page 65)
What is Terre Haute?
(Pages 122- 123)
An achievement Larry Bird almost accomplished but wound up shattering the knuckle on his right index finger during a game of softball.
What is the first player to play in an NCAA championship game followed by an NBA game a week later.
(Pages 62-64)
Something Larry Bird, unlike many other NBA players, didn't watch on television or in person because he just didn't care to when he was young.
What is NBA film/basketball?
(Pages 18-19)
One of Larry Bird's coaches who didn't take excuses and expected a lot from the team. His attitude pushed the team to perform better. After retirement, he was seen as an inspiration to the team when he'd show up at the games.
Who is Red Auerbach?
(Pages 206-209)