Magic Johnson Quotes
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I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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I'm far from being a homosexual.
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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
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When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.
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I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
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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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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 get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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I love putting people to work of color.
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Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
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I respect women to the utmost.
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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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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.
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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
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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. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.