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.
MAGIC JOHNSONEveryone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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I strive on pressure.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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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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