The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONMy father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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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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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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