I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
MAGIC JOHNSONThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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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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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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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 was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I strive on pressure.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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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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