Quote by Magic Johnson
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didnt

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didnt know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. Hes not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball. – Magic Johnson

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I tell you, its funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day. – Magic Johnson

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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

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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 Im going to show everybody, Im going to work hard to get better and better. – Magic Johnson

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