Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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More Magic Johnson Quotes
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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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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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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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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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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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’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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