I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
MAGIC JOHNSONAny guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
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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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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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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When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.
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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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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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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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My 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,
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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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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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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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