They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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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 worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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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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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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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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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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