Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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 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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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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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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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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 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.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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