I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
MAGIC JOHNSONThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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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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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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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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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in 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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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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’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 started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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