You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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You also have to research your competition.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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