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.
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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I strive on pressure.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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