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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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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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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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You also have to research your competition.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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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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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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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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