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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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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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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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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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