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They don't give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#everybody #give #gold #gold medals #medals

My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#also #am #anyway #bed #big

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#christian #example #examples #family #father

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. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#deal #difficult #difficult moment #difficult time #easier

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#had #i #real #real story #sex

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#open #people #you #young #young people

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#big leagues #go #i #just #leagues

Young people want you to be real with them. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#people #real #them #want #you

All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. ↗

— Michael Johnson

#became #being #believed #descended #determination

Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#civil #civil war #civilization #dangerous #decency