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.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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 only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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I strive on pressure.
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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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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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