The “hick from French Lick” went on to coach an NBA team.
Shows how much attention I pay to Bassetball.
'I think I wanna be active,' said Bird. 'What I might do, though, is git in shape, git outta shape, then git in shape again. I won't do it like I used to, though. It's gittin' tougher. Three years ago I could lose fifteen pounds like nuthin'. Now? I don't know if I could.' He had put on a few pounds when he was out of action, but he wasn't sure how many. 'I was so bored, I'd set around the house, drive my wife crazy, and eat and eat. In two and a half weeks I was off I ate ten gallons of ice cream and seven weddin' cakes. Why them? I ate weddin' cakes 'cause you knew they was gonna be good. I mean, who would [eff] up a weddin' cake?'"