I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
MAGIC JOHNSONOn his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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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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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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I strive on pressure.
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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 met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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