Drive: The Story of My Life

Who knew Larry could write so well after so many floor dives for loose balls? Or even those cheap shots to the head by Dr. J?! Haha he writes with a great sense of humor, and even goes as far as captioning his photos with "My family and Me", giving you that genuine close feel with the author. The book comes in 3 "parts": "Where I Come From"- talking about childhood and early game development as well as college years- "the career"- signing with the Boston Celtics and following years battling certain players and his take on them- "Observations"- (my favorite part) where he talks of the three point line being introduced, his take on Red Auerbach, and much more. This is a great read for any basketball fan.

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This book was everything I thought it would be. I'm so glad I bought a copy for my son to read also.

Was used but GREAT condition. My 10 year grandson wanted book for his grandfather

Good read! Learned how important competition was to Larry Bird

I really enjoyed his down home approach. It was exactly what I expected from Larry.

If you watched Bird play in the 80’s as I did you know just how great of a player he was. As one announcer stated in an interview as to Birds greatness, he said, on the court Bird was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers.

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Well written

I understand it is a Pocket size book, papernack, but the print quality is sub par and not consistant from one page to another or one chapter to another.

The book has arrived well packed and without any delay, as usual with Amazon.Some word about the book content: if you love basketball, read this book; if you respect athletes who gain prizes and medals by means of hard work, read this book; if you think that a champion is not necessarily an extravagant guy, read this book.After the reading take a look to some Larry's game highlight or (if you can) watch some old game tape, and you'll be able to deeply appreciate each step, each small movement, each eye-message between Larry and his teammates. Maybe you'll be able to better understand the 80's NBA basketball.I'm really happy to have this book in my library now.

My husband loved reading this as a teen and now he recommended it to our "almost teen" who is also a Larry Bird fan and he just loves reading this book.

Very good book. I have found otu a lot of Larry Bird, hid life, his thinking, his knowlege of basketball. There is a lot of things in his life that I didin't know until now. I would adwise to read this book to everyone who is his fan or wants to know something about the basketball in 80' and early 90'. Great reading for basketball enthusiasts or just for Larry Bird fan.