The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
MAGIC JOHNSONOn the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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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 picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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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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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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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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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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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