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.
MAGIC JOHNSONMagic 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.
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’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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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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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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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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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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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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I 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.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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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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