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 JOHNSONI strive on pressure.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I strive on pressure.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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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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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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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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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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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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 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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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