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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.

Magic Johnson

Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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Best Even Pick Player Playground Went When
Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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Happen Life Something Stop You
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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Care Christan Example Family Father Good Great Lady Man Mother Sister Six Strong Take Taught Young
WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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Better Make Place Play Team World
With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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Business Care Customer Employee Greet Important Like People Place Respect Same Service Smile Take Treat Very With
The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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Also Better Could Everybody Giggle Look Read Show Stare Want
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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Against Because Black Come Country Decimate Like Me Racist Say
I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Dictate Do Let Main Myself Peace People Thing
There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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Acceptable Been Both Happen Know Life Lose never Quit
I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Dream Grew Poor Up
Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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Basketball Champion Championship Everybody Everyone Publicity Say
Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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Christmas Day Everybody Home Laker Love Shine Special Spotlight Watch
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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Always Ask Black Frightening Good Guy Lot People Country Person Play Really
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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Back Business Community Even Happy More Support
So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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Anybody Basketball Educate Hiv Living Man Play Sport World
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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Brainer Day Easy Every Grow Up Know Look No Number People See Them You

I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.

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