Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
MAGIC JOHNSONYou can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I strive on pressure.
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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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There’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.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have.
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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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