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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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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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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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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ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.
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Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
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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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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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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 things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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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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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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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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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 real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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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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If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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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 are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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I am and will always be a Laker for life.