“He looks like a guy who just got off a dump truck - I mean, hair not combed or brushed. He sloppy dresses, so everything is wrinkled. Larry Bird does not look like a basketball player,” Johnson said.
“And we started scrimmaging, man, did he come alive. It was like a new guy, another person. And man, could he play basketball.”
Magic Johnson on CBS Sunday Morning
Bird vs. MagicĀ