On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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.
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I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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I strive on pressure.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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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 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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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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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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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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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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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There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
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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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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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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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