I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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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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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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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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 picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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I strive on pressure.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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