Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
MAGIC JOHNSONLarry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
MAGIC JOHNSONTrust 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
MAGIC JOHNSONMagic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
MAGIC JOHNSONWe 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONWE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
MAGIC JOHNSONIf 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
MAGIC JOHNSONEverybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
MAGIC JOHNSONTalent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
MAGIC JOHNSONAnything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
MAGIC JOHNSONMagic 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONEveryone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
MAGIC JOHNSONWe cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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