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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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You also have to research your competition.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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