I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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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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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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