Magic Johnson Quotes
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I'm far from being a homosexual.
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People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
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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'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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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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I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
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When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.
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I respect women to the utmost.
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
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The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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I love putting people to work of color.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.
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For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.
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I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'
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I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.
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I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.