All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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