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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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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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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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