I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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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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I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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