I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
MAGIC JOHNSONIt all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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You 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.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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