I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
MAGIC JOHNSONI grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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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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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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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.
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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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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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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