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"61 Magic Johnson Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 14 August 1959 | Basketball player |

Don't give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.

Give-up Friend People Work-hard
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.

Either Have Great Bad
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People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
People Stop Eating Drinking
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

Competent Self-confident Incapable Jealousy
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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.

Love Business Helping Urban-communities
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Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. 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.

People Healthy Live Trust
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.

Want Successful Have Willing
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

Looks.stares Giggles Show Everybody
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You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you.
Have Magic Special Already
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
Life Stop Something Happens
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Playing Basketball Kill Me
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
Even Fierce Competitor Try
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.

Hate Lose Make Sure
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.

Playground Picked Guy Best-players
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
We Have Play Team
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

Want Someone Mentor Better
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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.

Around Dreams Hanging-out Corner
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.

Able Many People Business
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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.

Secret Burden Keep Probably
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Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Championship Team Publicity Champion
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

Guy Maintain Positive Attitude
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If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

Competitive Person Stays Stop
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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.

Community Happy Support Business
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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.

Peace Myself People Dictate
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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.

Able Wanted See Opportunity
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When I'm under the gun and I've got pressure on me, I don't panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.

Under Gun Pressure Panic
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I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.
Believer Dreaming Dream Become
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You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
Can Make Difference Whatever
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I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

I Grew-up Poor Dream
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

Talent Enough Few Exception
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

Life Winning Losing Happen
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.

Things Life Beach Relaxing
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I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

Hire People Motivate Working
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My work ethic is from sports.

Work Ethic Sports
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I love putting people to work of color.
Love Putting People Work
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.

Woman Always.remembers
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People see me high-fivin' and smiling on the court, and they don't think that's me. But it is. I just want to go out and be myself.

People Smiling Court Think
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

Long Time Work Magic
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage

Everyone Should Affordable Quality
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

Building Centers Theaters Inner-cities
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Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.

Friends Apart Whatever Reason
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I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.

Leader Life Know Anything
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I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying

I Thank Him Chance
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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.

Care Attacking Son Support
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.

Honest Open Young People
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
Father Idol Work Two
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
Dad Hero Personality Mother
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When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.

Woman Frustrated Wife Husband
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.

Think Goals Try Achieve
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Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.

Great Idea Research Demand
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Magic Johnson Quotes & Sayings