Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
MAGIC JOHNSONI was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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