Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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I strive on pressure.
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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.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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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.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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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.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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