The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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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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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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