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.
MAGIC JOHNSONThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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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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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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