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.
Magic JohnsonRead
I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house. I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the joy and fulfillment that comes from achieving long-term goals, particularly homeownership.
Magic Johnson shares a poignant memory of his father's emotional moment upon completing the last mortgage payment for their house. This moment symbolizes not just financial achievement, but also the culmination of hard work and dedication, leading to a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness. Johnson expresses a desire for others to experience similar joy, highlighting the value of perseverance and the rewards of reaching significant milestones in life.
Themes
SuccessHappinessAchievementDedicationGoal
In practice
Example use cases
In a graduation speech to inspire students about hard work.
More from Magic Johnson
All quotes →Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.
Magic JohnsonRead
HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living.
Magic JohnsonRead
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.
Magic JohnsonRead
I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
Magic JohnsonRead
My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'
Magic JohnsonRead
Similar quotes
The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.
Samuel JohnsonRead
If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
Lee IacoccaRead
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
Roger FedererRead
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
Oscar De La RentaRead
Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they’ll turn out to be right.
Reed HastingsRead
If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have the world's worst record? Or be thought of as the world's worst investor when you were actually the best?
Warren BuffettRead