Young people want you to be real with them.
MAGIC JOHNSONYoung people want you to be real with them.
MAGIC JOHNSONThere’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.
MAGIC JOHNSONI grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
MAGIC JOHNSONJust celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
MAGIC JOHNSONI tell you, it’s funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
MAGIC JOHNSONI started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
MAGIC JOHNSONOn the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
MAGIC JOHNSONMy 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,
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONAs 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.
MAGIC JOHNSONFor me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
MAGIC JOHNSONEven when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
MAGIC JOHNSONThe looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
MAGIC JOHNSONNo I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
MAGIC JOHNSONWhen 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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