I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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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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