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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

Magic Johnson

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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Another Antehr Bird Country never Person Told Will
If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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Against Because Black Come Country Decimate Like Me Racist Say
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Basketball Kill Pay Play
To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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Everything Life Wonderful
I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Abandon Know Only Play Reckless Way
The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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Audience Cry Emotion Feel God Laugh Like Touch Want
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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Back Bets Country Cut Ever First Get People Person Somebody Year
There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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Celebrity Country Person Rest Us
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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Around Clipper Face Game Hand More Owner Respect Shake Want
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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Acceptable Been Both Happen Know Life Lose never Quit
I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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Business Color Communities Crisis Growhelp Help Home Love Mortgage People Put Urban
When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Honest Let Open People You Young
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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Go Gun Me Panic Pressure Right Solution Under
If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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Always Competitive Over Person Shadow Shoulder Stay Stop Took
You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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Bad Either Good Great Have Pick
It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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Burden Hold Keep Let More Out Probably Really Secret Try

Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

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