When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
MAGIC JOHNSONI picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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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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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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 want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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