There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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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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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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The 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.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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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 grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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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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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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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