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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI strive on pressure.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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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 want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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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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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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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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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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