I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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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.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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 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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