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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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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 grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
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