LARRY BIRD has explained why he spurns flash cars and brash clothes.
The basketball icon, 68, is at peace when replicating his humble roots.
GettyLarry Bird continues to live a modest life in retirement[/caption] The ex-forward only played for one NBA team, Boston CelticsGettyBird earned more than $20million in salary and endorsements as a player with Boston Celtics from 1979-1992.
But now long into retirement the three-time NBA winner sums up his attitude by contrasting two other financial figures.
Bird said: “I can’t see putting $50,000 or $60,000 into a car when our house growing up was worth $10,000. I just can’t buy that.
“And clothes never did catch my eye. I never really enjoyed ’em.
“I always wore what I felt comfortable in. I’ll wear pretty much anything if I get it for free.”
Bird has had few peers on the court.
He was the NBA’s Most Valuable Player three years in a row.
And to this day he retains a unique piece of history in the basketball elite.
Getty‘The Hick from French Lick’ was with Celtics from 1979-1992[/caption] ReutersBird went on to coach Indiana Pacers for three years[/caption]He’s the only NBA star to have won all these awards – Rookie of the Year, MVP, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year.
But Bird’s heart and lifestyle has remained with his modest upbringing in French Lick, Orange County, Indiana.
The glitz of the sporting spotlight was never for him.
Instead of settling in a fashionable area while at the Celtics, he lived minutes from downturn Boston in Brookline.
And although he says “everyone knew where I lived” he added that “hardly anyone bothered me”.
In fact, the only time his privacy was disturbed even slightly was when he washed his car.
Not surprisingly, the man nicknamed “the Hick from French Lick” regularly heads back to his home town.
Bird only ever played for the Celtics, but he went on to become Indiana Pacers coach from 1997-2000.
But he has stressed: “I always say my time in Boston was the greatest experience of my life.
“It’s an experience I wish everyone could have. And going back there brings back a lot of memories.”
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