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.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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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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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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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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