You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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 strive on pressure.
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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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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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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’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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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 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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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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 remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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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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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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