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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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 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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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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 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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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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 don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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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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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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