It’s almost like we have ESPN.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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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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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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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.
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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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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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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