It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
MAGIC JOHNSONAnything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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We 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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