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.
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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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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You also have to research your competition.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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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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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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