On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
MAGIC JOHNSONA lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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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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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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 to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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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.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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’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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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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