When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
MAGIC JOHNSONI never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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And 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.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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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.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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We are also a company that understands community.
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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’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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