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.
MAGIC JOHNSONEven as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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