If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
MAGIC JOHNSONI started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
MAGIC JOHNSONEverybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
MAGIC JOHNSONI wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
MAGIC JOHNSONEven when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
MAGIC JOHNSONBeing able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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 JOHNSONJealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
MAGIC JOHNSONMagic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
MAGIC JOHNSONGod blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
MAGIC JOHNSONAnd we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
MAGIC JOHNSONAny guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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