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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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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.
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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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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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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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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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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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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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 love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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