Magic Johnson Quotes

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• In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Winning, Losing

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• Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Athlete, Player

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• You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Dream, Differences

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  I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams

  Magic Johnson

  Dream, Poor, Grew Up

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• I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Dream

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• When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

  Magic Johnson

  Team, Successful, Deals

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Special You

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  All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

  Magic Johnson

  Relationship, Basketball, Hope

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Winning

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• WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place

  Magic Johnson

  Team, Play, World

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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.

  Magic Johnson

  Dream, Mind, Enough

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  Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Celebrate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Magic Johnson

  Giving Up, Hard Work, Don't Give Up

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• I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.

  Magic Johnson

  Sports, Perseverance, Persistence

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• Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.

  Magic Johnson

  Happens, Things Happen

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Magic Johnson

  Motivational, Gun, Looks

  "Making Magic". Interview with Janean Chun, www.entrepreneur.com. July 1, 1998.

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• If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

  Magic Johnson

  Motivational, Basketball, Attitude

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living.

  Magic Johnson

  Life, Hiv, Changed

  "New U.S. HIV Cases Rise, Spark Yawns" by Bryan Robinson, abcnews.go.com.

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• When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.

  Magic Johnson

  Friends, Basketball, True Friend

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Magic Johnson

  Commitment, Opportunity, Vision

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• Because if you're going to lose, lose. I'm serious.

  Magic Johnson

  Serious, Ifs, Loses

  "Early Start", www.cnn.com. December 10, 201.

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• Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.

  Magic Johnson

  Hate, Successful, Needs

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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.

  Magic Johnson

  People

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Dream, People

  Earvin "Magic" Johnson, William Novak (2012). “My Life”, p.96, Random House

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