Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
MAGIC JOHNSONWhen you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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