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.’
MAGIC JOHNSONI was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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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 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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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