I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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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. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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