I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
MAGIC JOHNSONI only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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I strive on pressure.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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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 met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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I 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.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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