All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
MAGIC JOHNSONJust celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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 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 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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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.
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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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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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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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