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.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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You also have to research your competition.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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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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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 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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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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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