Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
MAGIC JOHNSONI want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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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.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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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 wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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