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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I strive on pressure.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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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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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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