First and foremost, Indiana will always be a basketball state.
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.
I was born and raised in the state of Indiana, and it's where I started Papa John's, so this state and our partnership with the Pacers hold a special place in my heart.
Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.
I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
I lived in Indiana, and Reggie Miller was everywhere.
Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of it all.
I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where if you didn't at least attempt to play basketball, you were considered of dubious moral character.
Community policing is a great idea. It's worked in the Hoosier state.
As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition.
Indiana was so lovely. Just so lovely.
Indianapolis is home to me and my family.
In Indiana, we don't have an official state religion, but if we did, it would be basketball.
I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years.
I'm from a small farm town in Indiana!
