Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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I strive on pressure.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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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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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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