Magic Johnson Quotes About Basketball
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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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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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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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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 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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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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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You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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It's almost like we have ESPN.
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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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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I'm at work until 8-9 o'clock at night.
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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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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.
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