I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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.
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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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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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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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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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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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I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds … It’s still the greatest move I’ve ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.
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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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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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Young people want you to be real with them.
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