If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
MAGIC JOHNSONI’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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You also have to research your competition.
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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.
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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