If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
MAGIC JOHNSONFor me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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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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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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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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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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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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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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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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