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.
MAGIC JOHNSONYoung people want you to be real with them.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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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.
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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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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 tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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