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 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.
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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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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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 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.
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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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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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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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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day.
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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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