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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI strive on pressure.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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