It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
MAGIC JOHNSONIt 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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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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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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It’s a burden trying to keep a secret. It’s hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
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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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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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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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