For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
MAGIC JOHNSONI guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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 tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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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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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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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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You also have to research your competition.
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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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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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