I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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