If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
MAGIC JOHNSONWhen I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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You also have to research your competition.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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.
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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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