If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
MAGIC JOHNSONEverybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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 want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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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 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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