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 JOHNSONThe 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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.
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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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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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