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.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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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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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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