Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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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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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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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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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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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 motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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I strive on pressure.
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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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You also have to research your competition.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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