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.
MAGIC JOHNSONMost people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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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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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I 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.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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