Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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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.
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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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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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.
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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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