Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
MAGIC JOHNSONI found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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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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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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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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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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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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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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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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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