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.
MAGIC JOHNSONAs an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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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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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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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 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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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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 was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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