If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
MAGIC JOHNSONI’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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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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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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I strive on pressure.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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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 want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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