Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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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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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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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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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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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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I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
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I am and will always be a Laker for life.
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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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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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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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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.
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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.