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.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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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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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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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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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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