For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
MAGIC JOHNSONThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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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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We are also a company that understands community.
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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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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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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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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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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 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 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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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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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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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