If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I 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.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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 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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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