I strive on pressure.
MAGIC JOHNSONI guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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