I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
MAGIC JOHNSONChristmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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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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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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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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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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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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