I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
MAGIC JOHNSONWhen you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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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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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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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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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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