Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
MAGIC JOHNSONI strive on pressure.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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I strive on pressure.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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