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.
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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I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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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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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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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