I strive on pressure.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
-
-
The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
MAGIC JOHNSON