When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
MAGIC JOHNSONA lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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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.
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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You also have to research your competition.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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