And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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You also have to research your competition.
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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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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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