I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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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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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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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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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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