Magic and Bird, Legends of the NBA

I wanted to go back to the Magic and Bird documentary that we saw and I wanted to comment about their development from Rivals, to very good friends. I hand't heard from Magic or Bird before this documentary and their stories honestly surprised me. Society had always depicted them as NBA Rivals but to them, they didn't regard everything that society threw on them. They both focused on their individual skills and attributes in order to improve as basketball players. But what I found the most interesting, is that Magic and Bird were equally skilled, but completely different in terms or personality. Magic being friendly and outgoing always sought out all the attention he could get, whereas Bird remained the simple, shy and quiet guy that mowed his lawn every Sunday morning.  At first one would imagine that such differences in character would never enable someone to become as close friends as they did, but I think that their constant desire to become better than the other slowly played a role in towards the development of their friendship. However they never stopped seeing the potential in each other as rivals. In some way I feel like I can relate to Magic and Bird since through rivalry is also how I met my best friend. He was what I would call extremely good at controlling the soccer ball, and so was I but unfortunately not as good as him. However when it came to playing a full on game I beat him in stamina. Me and my best friend would always compete to see who could dominate the ball longer, and better. It's really interesting to see how through a simple rivalry you can meet the best of people.