If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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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 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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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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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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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