Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
MAGIC JOHNSONA lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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You also have to research your competition.
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I strive on pressure.
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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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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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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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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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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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