I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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 strive on pressure.
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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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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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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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