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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. 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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I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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I'm a businessman, and what I know is numbers and business.
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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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When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.
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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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I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough.
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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 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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I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
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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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Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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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.
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I love putting people to work of color.
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My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'
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I respect women to the utmost.