The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONSo 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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 want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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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 was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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You’re the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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