I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If 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.
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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.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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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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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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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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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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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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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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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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