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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More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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.
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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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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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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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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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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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