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 JOHNSONBecause if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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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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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 want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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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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