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If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

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Magic Johnson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 14
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Earvin Magic Johnson Jr.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living.
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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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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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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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I wouldn't do the 'Magic Hour' again, but I would do TV again. The 'Magic Hour' is not me. Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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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.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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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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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
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Even as a fierce competitor I try to smile.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers... it was easy it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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