I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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.
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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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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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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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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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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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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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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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