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.
MAGIC JOHNSONIf you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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 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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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