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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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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’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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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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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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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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 as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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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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