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 JOHNSONTalent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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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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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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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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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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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