Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
MAGIC JOHNSONI only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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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 met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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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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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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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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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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