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.
MAGIC JOHNSONI enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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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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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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You also have to research your competition.
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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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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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