If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
MAGIC JOHNSONI met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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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 honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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 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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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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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’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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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. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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