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.
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Related I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at... MICHAEL PENA If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The cl... DANA HILL I woke up one day and wanted to change my look. And I was like, 'Okay, what are you going to do ... CECE PENISTON Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if... JORDAN SPIETH If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to h... BETTY CARTER You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me t... RICK PERRY I'm quite old-fashioned. I like going out to dinner. You have the chance to talk to somebody and... HARRY STYLES I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it'... BROOKE SHIELDS Let's face it: if you and I have the same capabilities, the same energy, the same staff, if the ... THOMAS KELLER Michael Jackson, he used to chase relevancy all the time. He always wanted to go a little bigger and... BABYFACE IF" - I lie I am going to add the best features... the peoplea around = features will be taken to bu... DEYTH BANGER I have no intention of flattering people. I like wrinkles and crow's feet and flaws, and somebod... CHUCK CLOSE I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I&... YAPHET KOTTO The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a bett... ANTHONY WEINER I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue t... VICTOR OLADIPO If I am training on a holiday, most likely nobody else is - and that gives me the edge. If I'm s... CARLI LLOYD I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory t... KIM CLIJSTERS If you have the right horses and the right team, that's the way to succeed. But you have to work... ADOLFO CAMBIASO I keep saying I'm going to cut back on styling, but it's hard to give up. RACHEL ZOE He had two choices -- either take me up high, which I didn't think he would do, or cut me, ... I fig... JAMES HARRISON You have to go so much because you have things to do and you have to go to work, but some of the ple... HENRY WINTER Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're ... LAURA BENANTI This (gold medal) is redemption. This proves to everybody, not only in this building, but everybody ... MALLIE SHUSTER I get nervous when I don't get nervous. If I'm nervous I know I'm going to have a good s... BEYONCE KNOWLES If somebody says, "He sounds just like Michael Jackson," well there's already a Michael Jackson. You... CHARLIE DANIELS There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic... SNOOP DOGG I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if i... ROBERT DE NIRO Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh... DOROTHY B. HUGHES I love Monopoly. You know why? When I play Monopoly with you, I'm going to buy everything from B... KEVIN PLANK I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn&... DANIEL CORMIER He firmly believed in what he was doing, and you couldn't sway him from that. It was wonderful to ha... HOPE LUGO Even if I have already peaked, I have to believe I can improve. I wake up every morning, and go to p... RAFAEL NADAL When I was going on auditions, it was nerve-racking. I'd always say to my mom that it would be a... RICO RODRIGUEZ The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO I'm that person who says, 'No matter what the problem is, there's a solution.' That&... MIRANDA KERR Koizumi indicated clearly that he intends to step down next year. I have no reason to doubt hi... MICHAEL PENN How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running. If yo... GEORGE FOREMAN You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think t... ED BRADLEY I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and e... SHAWN MENDES I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you'... KESHA My agent says that I'm a 'repeat business guy.' If you hire me to come do a movie, I'... DEAN CAIN I'm well past the age where I'm acceptable. You get to a certain age and you are forbidden a... DAVID BOWIE I'm not perfect. I'm never going to be. And that's the great thing about living the Chri... TIM TEBOW You have to be confident in who you are and what you're doing. Of course, you try to evolve. I w... GUY FIERI It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don'... REBECCA HALL When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of th... JERMAIN DEFOE If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to pl... LYDIA KO I was scared. I mean, no one's going to get excited when someone tells you they're going to have to ... CONNOR RABINOWITZ If you don't have that vision for the end goal, you have no clue where you're going, and you... J. J. WATT I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's ... AMY SEDARIS People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, ... BARRY LOPEZ He was just too good. If you are going to beat him, you have to beat him in the first round. He gets... OLIVIER ROCHUS You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. YOGI BERRA If you answer phones, do that better. If you tape ankles or sweep the floor, you do that better. If ... TYOKA JACKSON Real faith is when you believe in something that you can't see. When things are going really bad... KEKE PALMER Oh, it's essential. I mean, you have to - if I'm writing about the Middle East, I have to go... JOE SACCO It's going to be an excellent opportunity. You come to camp and you know you're not going to make th... JAKE FOX What I get really excited about are movies that I connect with emotionally. 'Deliverance' wa... KATIE ASELTON I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict... USAIN BOLT I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to d... VINCE CABLE What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse netwo... STEVEN JOHNSON I like finding stuff that I suck at and trying to get better. So I'm taking classes, getting mys... BILL BURR I know Donald Trump. I've met him; I know his family. I have love and friendship and affection f... CORY BOOKER Personally, I've always known that I wanted to go back to work because I'm confident, and I&... LISA LING I'm not a vegetarian by any means; I eat fish. But the problem with shark finning is they catch ... BETHANY HAMILTON Jeremy's real aggressive. He doesn't stop going. You have to get leverage on him first. If he takes ... VERNON DAVIS All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS I simplify the spices. I'm the same way as everybody else: if I look at a recipe and there's... AARTI SEQUEIRA I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going... VANILLA ICE He knew he could always be smart later, if that turned out to be a better strategy. But once you adm... ORSON SCOTT CARD Don't ever, ever, believe anyone who tells you that you can just get by, by doing the easiest th... MARIA BARTIROMO Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget. MANDY HALE I'm not going to throw chairs; I'm not going to cuss. I'm not going to do that kind of s... ANDRE WARD I go out and date people, but I don't have that relationship, where you know, I'm like Jenni... MISSY ELLIOTT Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elv... MAC DAVIS I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into '... BRENDON URIE I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something. BOB DYLAN I thought I was in better shape. He had so much weight to cut. I thought that if I got him into the ... KYLE GILCHRIST When I was 17, my producer Rodney Jerkins was working with Michael Jackson at the time. He knew how ... BRANDY NORWOOD If you get enough sleep, cut back on cigarettes and red meat, you look better the next day. ROBIN WRIGHT When you're a kid, you have this feeling like you're indestructible. Your mortality doesn... DAVID JOHANSEN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If we can get Lance playing even better than he did last year and Josh even close to what he was, I ... RALPH FRIEDGEN The situation at Buffalo was a rough situation, and I appreciate the opportunity, but going back to ... TARVARIS JACKSON I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that&... TAYLOR DANE We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But eve... BODE MILLER
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every de... MAGIC JOHNSON You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend. MAGIC JOHNSON I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS. MAGIC JOHNSON I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball... MAGIC JOHNSON The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going ... MAGIC JOHNSON I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-f... MAGIC JOHNSON No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care a... MAGIC JOHNSON I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I ... MAGIC JOHNSON ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working. MAGIC JOHNSON As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries... MAGIC JOHNSON Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very seri... MAGIC JOHNSON Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am. MAGIC JOHNSON Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very seri... MAGIC JOHNSON I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers... MAGIC JOHNSON I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS.... MAGIC JOHNSON I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never ... MAGIC JOHNSON I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash. MAGIC JOHNSON All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them. MAGIC JOHNSON God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and ... MAGIC JOHNSON I'm not cured, but the HIV is asleep deep in my body. MAGIC JOHNSON When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me u... MAGIC JOHNSON I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing. MAGIC JOHNSON All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared... MAGIC JOHNSON The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still diff... MAGIC JOHNSON I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am. MAGIC JOHNSON Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don'... MAGIC JOHNSON I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great cit... MAGIC JOHNSON The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done a... MAGIC JOHNSON I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Mic... MAGIC JOHNSON I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the pe... MAGIC JOHNSON Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but wheth... MAGIC JOHNSON I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic... MAGIC JOHNSON It's almost like we have ESPN.
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EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you. EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come h... EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rat... ALICE HOFFMAN (PRACTICAL MAGIC) Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with. ALICE HOFFMAN (PRACTICAL MAGIC) Tradition is but a meteor, which, if it once falls, cannot be rekindled. Memory, once interrupted, i... JOHNSON Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely ne... JOHNSON He that never thinks can never be wise. JOHNSON The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things. JOHNSON Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon t... 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JOHNSON Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other. JOHNSON He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them... JOHNSON Language is the dress of thought. JOHNSON Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom. JOHNSON One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memo... JOHNSON For the wishers, the dreamers, the believers, the adventurers, and for the children that live inside... TRAPPED MAGIC: THE BROKEN BLADE There was a time, in the not so distant past, that if you didn't have what you needed on Thanksg... MONICA JOHNSON I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who ju... ZACH JOHNSON I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career. 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The tree-lined course h... ZACH JOHNSON I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwe... ZACH JOHNSON Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, conten... ZACH JOHNSON The Zach Johnson Foundation, for my wife and I, is very much a part of what we do and why we do what... ZACH JOHNSON Early in the winter of 2002, I gave my life to the Lord. Before I was one, I always thought being a ... ZACH JOHNSON I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted... ZACH JOHNSON I play golf for a living. I'm grateful for that. It's a beautiful game, provides a great opp... ZACH JOHNSON When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great m... ZACH JOHNSON I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, a... 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SAMUEL JOHNSON I don't care if I never see Texas again. RAFER JOHNSON I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the ... RAFER JOHNSON It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us yea... RAFER JOHNSON The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity. RAFER JOHNSON Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon. RAFER JOHNSON I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that ... RAFER JOHNSON I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing. RAFER JOHNSON So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey prog... RAFER JOHNSON The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opport... RAFER JOHNSON Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train. RAFER JOHNSON What I can tell them is the way you become an Olympic champion is to start working now. I tell them ... RAFER JOHNSON I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the m... RANDY JOHNSON Tiger Woods, Larry Bird, Wayne Gretzky, a pitcher just before a game, I would imagine they all have ... RANDY JOHNSON I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and g... RANDY JOHNSON It's hard to mix with a crowd when you're walking down the hallway and everybody else is a f... RANDY JOHNSON I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me... RANDY JOHNSON When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough. RANDY JOHNSON I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was... RANDY JOHNSON I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I ... RANDY JOHNSON I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've got... RANDY JOHNSON The word 'potential' used to hang over me like a cloud. RANDY JOHNSON I expect to win. I've never been content with anything I've ever done. RANDY JOHNSON People who say they're not nervous - I would be kind of curious to see how successful you are at... RANDY JOHNSON When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun. RANDY JOHNSON Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I... RANDY JOHNSON I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to m... RANDY JOHNSON The definition of swagger, in my opinion, is you have to have that arrogance, that confidence that y... KEYSHAWN JOHNSON While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk. WENDELL JOHNSON I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can. WALTER JOHNSON Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe W... WALTER JOHNSON You can't hit what you can't see. WALTER JOHNSON It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course an... JACK JOHNSON My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it. JACK JOHNSON Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast. JACK JOHNSON I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it. JACK JOHNSON It's as simple as something that nobody knows. JACK JOHNSON If it seems like you are playing around and not practicing, that's when you know you really love... JACK JOHNSON Our dreams are made of real things, like a shoebox full of photographs. 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