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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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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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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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.
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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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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 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 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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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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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 grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
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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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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'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 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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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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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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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'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.