On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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