Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
MAGIC JOHNSONIt’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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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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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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