They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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 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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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 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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If you come to me and say, ‘Hey look I’m a racist,’ or ‘I discriminate against blacks,’ or ‘I don’t like you because you’re African American.
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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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Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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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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You also have to research your competition.
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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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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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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.
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