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.
MAGIC JOHNSONAnd we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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