For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
MAGIC JOHNSONOn his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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.
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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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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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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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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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 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.
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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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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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