I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
MAGIC JOHNSONI wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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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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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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You also have to research your competition.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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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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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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