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 be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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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In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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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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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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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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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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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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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You also have to research your competition.
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I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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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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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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