I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
MAGIC JOHNSONOn his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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You also have to research your competition.
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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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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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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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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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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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