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.
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More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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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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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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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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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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