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 JOHNSONThe important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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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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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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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 was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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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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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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