Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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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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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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