If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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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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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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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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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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