I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
MAGIC JOHNSONI was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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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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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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