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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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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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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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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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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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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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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