Magic Johnson Quotes
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People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
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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 wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any 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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor's office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. 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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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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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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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. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible.
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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that's centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society. We are also a company that understands community.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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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I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds ... It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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