You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
MAGIC JOHNSONI wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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I strive on pressure.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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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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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 think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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