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My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.


Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)

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MAGIC JOHNSON All-star weekend is still the biggest celebrity-driven event in all of sports. Because I've been to ...
MAGIC JOHNSON I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, and you have to keep being aggressive, and even i...
MAGIC JOHNSON I just signed a deal with 24 Hour Fitness. We're going to build those in the inner cities as well, ....
MAGIC JOHNSON The success we had back then or now doesn't mean we'll have that success five years from now, ... We...
MAGIC JOHNSON You always run a risk, but I think the positive outweighs the risks, ... Life itself is a risk. But ...
MAGIC JOHNSON He told me to go for it, ... He told me he'd be coming to some of our games to check me out.
MAGIC JOHNSON Believe it or not, I was once just like you, ... I was sitting in a school just like this. I had dre...
MAGIC JOHNSON Next season, Ohio State center recruit Greg Oden will be the best player to enter the league since M...
MAGIC JOHNSON We were doing inventory and I said, 'Okay, I know the inner city. I know how we do when we go to mov...
MAGIC JOHNSON I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house. I remember like it was yesterday...
MAGIC JOHNSON Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate spo...
MAGIC JOHNSON I'm the one who started redevelopment in South Los Angeles, not Jan Perry. I did it. I love Jan....
MAGIC JOHNSON To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
MAGIC JOHNSON When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
MAGIC JOHNSON The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
MAGIC JOHNSON You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm ...
MAGIC JOHNSON If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over yo...
MAGIC JOHNSON When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and So...
MAGIC JOHNSON You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.
EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or prac...
EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
EARVIN ''MAGIC'' JOHNSON Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or prac...
EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON