Magic Johnson Quotes
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, 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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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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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. 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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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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The best doctors and medicine in the world can't save you if you don't do what you're supposed to do.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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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. You also have to research your competition.
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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. Magic is a guy who would stand for nothing but winning and really prepared himself as well as he prepared his team. Earvin is the complete opposite.
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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 are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.