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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I’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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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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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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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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