I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
MAGIC JOHNSONI tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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I strive on pressure.
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You also have to research your competition.
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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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