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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
- Magic Johnson
#God
#Heart
#Mom
#Smile
#World
I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
- Magic Johnson
#I Can
#Me
#Myself
#Park
#Think
My work ethic is from sports.
- Magic Johnson
#Ethic
#Sports
#Work Ethic
#Work
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Care
#Hurt
#Medical
#People
#Will
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Competition
#Great
#Ideas
#Research
#See
I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
- Magic Johnson
#Amazing
#Detroit
#Fan
#Now
#Up
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Big
#Fruit
#I Am
#Man
#Vegetables
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
- Magic Johnson
#Change
#Community
#Great
#Life
#My Life
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.
- Magic Johnson
#City
#Great
#Heart
#Hope
#Sports
I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
- Magic Johnson
#Day
#Funny
#HIV
#Medicine
#Time
I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
- Magic Johnson
#Every
#Get
#Gym
#Miles
#Morning
#Up
I'm not cured, but the HIV is asleep deep in my body.
- Magic Johnson
#Asleep
#Body
#Cured
#Deep
#HIV
My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
- Magic Johnson
#Dad
#He
#Life
#Reason
#Two
I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.
- Magic Johnson
#Chance
#Every
#Get
#Him
#Knees
When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
- Magic Johnson
#Alone
#Business
#Every
#Good
#Person
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Age
#Doing
#Growing Up
#I Am
#Two
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
- Magic Johnson
#About
#Brand
#Everywhere
#Sports
#Think
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
- Magic Johnson
#Family
#Good
#Great
#Man
#World
Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
- Magic Johnson
#Education
#Focus
#Minority
#Successful
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Bad
#Days
#Dreams
#Morning
#Wake Up
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Achieve
#Dreams
#Life
#Mind
#Work
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Die
#Living
#Man
#Sports
#World
To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
- Magic Johnson
#Everything
#Life
#Me
#Wonderful
I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
- Magic Johnson
#Dictate
#I Am
#Myself
#Peace
#People
#Thing
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Journey
#Living
#Me
#Person
#Time
If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.
- Magic Johnson
#Attitude
#Back
#Best
#Better
#Work
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.'
- Magic Johnson
#Always
#Bird
#Black
#Good
#Me
If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
- Magic Johnson
#Always
#Look
#Person
#Shoulder
#Stop
Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
- Magic Johnson
#Celebrate
#Had
#Just
#Life
#You
Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
- Magic Johnson
#Because
#Happens
#Life
#Something
#Stop
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
- Magic Johnson
#Crisis
#Face
#Know
#True
#Your
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.
- Magic Johnson
#Diet
#Fish
#Fruit
#I Am
#Man
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
- Magic Johnson
#Ask
#Teammates
#You
#Your
All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
- Magic Johnson
#Help
#Hope
#Little
#Need
#Somebody
I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
- Magic Johnson
#About
#Chance
#Take
#Will
#Worry
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