I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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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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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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