The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONA competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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 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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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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I strive on pressure.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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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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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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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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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