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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. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#am #away #become #daughter #day

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

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. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#basketball #because #brought #everything #fact

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

I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

#anything #come #could #focus #force

The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of their trials they have manifested a simple faith, a grateful heart, a cheerful spirit, and an undivided loyalty . ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#battles #built #cheerful #cut #faith

You know, differentiating between training and matches. If they are all matches it becomes very natural to shoot them, although Dan thinks I should shoot more of them. I think I shoot plenty of them. ↗

— Nancy Johnson

#becomes #between #dan #i #i think

Every child in America deserves high-quality health care. ↗

— Nancy L. Johnson

#care #child #deserves #every #health

Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work. ↗

— Nicholas Johnson

#decades #effort #families #help #help people

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. ↗

— Pamela Hansford Johnson

#caught #egg #fire #full #into