Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
MAGIC JOHNSONBecause if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I strive on pressure.
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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 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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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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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
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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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We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that’s centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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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