On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
MAGIC JOHNSONFor me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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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 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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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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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 want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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