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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.

Magic Johnson

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Magic Johnson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 14
Actor
Basketball Coach
Basketball Player
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
Financier
Hiv Activist
Motivational Speaker
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Michigan
Earvin Magic Johnson Jr.
Earvin Johnson
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Earvin Johnson
Earvin Johnson Jr.
Aids
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. 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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That's what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.
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There's Michael [Jordan], then there's the rest of us.
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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 am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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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.
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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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