When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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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You also have to research your competition.
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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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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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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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