I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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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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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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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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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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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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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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