All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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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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I’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.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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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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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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