I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
MAGIC JOHNSONI’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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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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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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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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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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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’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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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 grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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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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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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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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