If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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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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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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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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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