Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
MAGIC JOHNSONIn life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I strive on pressure.
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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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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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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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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