No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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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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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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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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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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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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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.
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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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 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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