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 JOHNSONYou don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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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.
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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’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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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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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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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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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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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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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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