Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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