The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONDon’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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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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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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 started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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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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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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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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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