1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: January Inauguration Day marked twenty years since I left the 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: White House. I love being president, and I've often said 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: that if it weren't for term limits, I would have 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: stayed as long as the American people would have me. 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: But I've always thought it was a waste of time 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: to spend your days wishing you could do something you 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: can't do anymore. You have to find new ways to 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: put your passions and your talents to good youth. So 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: when I was getting ready to leave office, I knew 10 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: I had to look to the future and figure out 11 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: what my next chapter was going to be. In two 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: thousand one, I started the Clinton Foundation so that I 13 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 1: could devote my time and energy the issues I cared about, 14 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: where I thought I can make a difference, and where 15 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: I could help a lot of people. Looking back over 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: the last two decades now, these twenty years have been 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: some of the most rewarding of my life. So why 18 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: am I telling you this? Because no one should ever 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: assume that their best, most important, most productive days are 20 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: behind them. We all have the ability to keep growing 21 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: and changing, learning and giving. And today I'm joined by 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: someone who's extraordinary life has proved that as well as 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 1: anyone I've ever known. I met Magic Johnson when I 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: ran for president and shortly after he'd been diagnosed with 25 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: HIV and retired from the NBA. Had followed his career 26 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: from his time at Michigan State through his incredible run 27 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: with the Lakers. But from the time I first met him, 28 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: I've been more impressed by who he is as a 29 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: person than anything you've done on the basketball court. He's 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: built an amazing career in business and taking special pride 31 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: in shattering the myth that businesses can't thrive and underserved 32 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: urban communities, and he started the Magic Johnson Foundation, first 33 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: to raise awareness of HIV AIDS, then with an expanded 34 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: mission to combat other challenges, including poverty and health disparities. 35 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: When we first met, he told me he wanted to 36 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: do as well as both an entrepreneur and an activist 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: as he had as an athlete. He studied it, he 38 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: worked at it, just as he studied basketball games and 39 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: practice for hours on end, and he had the discipline 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: not to waste that emotional time and energy wishing he 41 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: could do what he couldn't do anymore. So I'm honored 42 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: to introduce and c double a champion or Wempid Gold Medal. 43 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: Was five time NBA Champion, three time m v P, 44 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: twelve time All Star, and founder of the Magic Johnson Foundation, 45 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: Chairman and CEO of Maggie Johnson Enterprise. My now a 46 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: longtime friend, Maggie Johnson. Thanks for being here, Magic Well, 47 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: thank you for having me, sir. You know I love you, 48 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we've had such an incredible friendship 49 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: since the first day we met. We went in Mexico together. 50 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if you remember this. Carlos him had 51 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: his foundation event. He was giving scholarships to I believed 52 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: ten thousand kids. That day in the evening time, he 53 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: had a dinner at his house for all these people 54 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: who were giving them money for his foundation. And you 55 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: came up and you were the speaker, and you gave 56 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: one of the most incredible speeches. But also you were 57 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: working the crowd at the same time. So I said, 58 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna steal some of that. I'm gonna take some 59 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: of that from President Clinton and how you always when 60 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: you had the meeting line, when everybody came up to 61 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: meet you as the president or just meet you at 62 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: that gala, you looked every single person in the eye 63 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: and said hello to them and made them feel like 64 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: they were special. And I took that from you. Again. 65 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: You don't know that this little black boy from Lansing, Michigan, 66 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: who idolized you and who watch your every move and 67 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: you made me better. Well, thank you. Let's do just 68 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of basketball and then talk about your 69 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: life since then. To tell us a little bit about 70 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: growing up, how you got into basketball, and how you 71 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: decided you wanted to stay and play for Michigan State. Well, 72 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,280 Speaker 1: I grew up with six sisters and three brothers, so 73 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: a big family. My father worked for General Motors for 74 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:40,039 Speaker 1: thirty years and one award for never being late and 75 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 1: never missing a day in thirty years. Yeah, so you 76 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: see where I got my work ethic from. And so 77 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: I'm just I'm built just like my father. I'm a worker. 78 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: And so my mother worked for the school district in 79 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: the school cafeteria. The one ain't they stressed was education. Um, 80 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: they let me know early on. Yes, we were happy 81 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: that you play basketball, but if you don't get good grades, 82 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,479 Speaker 1: you won't be playing at all. So that kept me 83 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: in the books. President Clinton, you'd be happy to know 84 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: that all my sisters our teachers in the school system, 85 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: and so they teach young people today in Lansing, Michigan. 86 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: I'm really proud of all of them. And then I 87 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: fell in love with the game watching basketball every Saturday, 88 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: every Sunday with my father. He would sit on the floor, 89 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: so I would say, sit right next to him, and 90 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: I would watch college basketball on Saturday. And then on Sunday, 91 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,239 Speaker 1: they made sure that we went to church as a family. 92 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: And then every Sunday, no matter what was going on, 93 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: I don't care how many games I had, we had 94 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: to have dinner on Sunday as a family. Everybody had 95 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: to be there. There's no excuses. That's why I'm a 96 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: family guy today, you know. But I fell in love 97 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: with the game just watching him with my father. And 98 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: then every time I would watch an NBA game, and 99 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: at that time, Bob Couzy uh, Bill Russell of the Celtics, 100 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: John Havitek of the Celtics, Oscar Robinson uh. Then of 101 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: course when Kareem with lou All Sunder with the Milwaukee Bucks, 102 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: I would go out and I would emulate what they 103 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: were doing on TV. So I would practice all their moves. Uh. 104 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: And I played basketball all the time, President Clinton. I mean, 105 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: it wasn't a day that I didn't play basketball. I 106 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: used to shovel the snow off the ground and I 107 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: would play basketball. And my mom was like, she said, 108 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: that boy just loved to play basketball. And it was. 109 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: This funny thing was in the summertime. My father also 110 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:56,159 Speaker 1: had a trash hauling service. Because so many mouths of feed, 111 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: he had to take on a second job. And so 112 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: every day in the summertime, Monday through Saturday, I would 113 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: work on the truck with my father, picking up people's trash. 114 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: But I would say this, President Clinton, this is the 115 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: greatest moment of my life. What happened to me, and 116 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: this thing changed my life. So during the school year, 117 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: I would get on my father's truck on Saturdays only. 118 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: And so it was it must have been seven below zero, 119 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: and my job was to get all the loose trash 120 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: around the barrels and put it on the truck. It 121 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: was so cold that morning that I got half to 122 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: trash and I jumped into the cabin of the truck. 123 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: And you appreciate this. By the time I closed the door, 124 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: my father had opened the door and grabbed me and 125 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: took me back to the ice wood where the trash 126 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: was stuck in, and he said, Irvin, if you do 127 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 1: this job halfway, you do everything in your life halfway. 128 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: You're practice basketball halfway, you will study half the time. 129 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 1: I want you to go get the shovel and break 130 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: up the ice and get that trash out of there 131 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: and put it on the truck. And at that moment 132 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: in time, I became a perfectionist and everything I was 133 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: doing in my life, I had to do it right 134 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: because my father taught me that lesson early on. That's 135 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: why I am the man that I am today. I 136 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: have my mother smile and her personality and want to 137 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: help everybody. And I'm just like my father. I'm a worker. 138 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: I get a great joy out of out of working, 139 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 1: and it's because of him. So that's my background really 140 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: and growing up and landing. But the great thing President Clinton, 141 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: I took every school I went to had never won 142 00:08:55,320 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: a championship. So I started in elementary. I want everything 143 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: go championship from the second grade all the way through 144 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: the sixth grade, from the seventh grade middle school, I 145 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: won every championship seven, eighth and ninth grade. Then when 146 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: I got to high school, I got bussed across town. 147 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: So what happened was I was supposed to go to 148 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: an all black school in my neighborhood, and they were 149 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: powerhouse in the state of Michigan, and I wanted to 150 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: be a part of that tradition. Busing had just came 151 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: into Michigan, and I'm only a ten minute walk from 152 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: my high school. I thought I was going to Well, 153 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: now I'm taking a twenty minute bus ride across town. 154 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: I got there. The first week or two there was 155 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: fighting every single day. So the third week, President Clinton, 156 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: our principal principal troop, was waiting for the bus, and 157 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: as the bus pulled up, he said, Irvan Johnson, come 158 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: to my office. He says, um, there's been fighting intention 159 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: in this high school for two weeks. I wanted to stop. 160 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: So I assembled all the black students in the gym 161 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: and Irvin, you're gonna talk to him. And he had 162 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: a football player who was our best football player, who 163 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: havn't be white, and he told him, you're gonna go 164 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: talk to the white students. President Clinton, I said, I 165 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: just got here. I'm only fifteen years old. This juniors 166 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: or seniors, why don't you get one of them to 167 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: talk to the student. He said, no, they won't listen 168 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: to them, but they'll listen to you. So President Clinton, 169 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: just at that moment, I didn't know. I I became 170 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: a leader outside of basketball, right. I I've always led 171 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: on the basketball court, but in school or my peers, 172 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: I never led them. So here I am speaking to 173 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: all the students ensure enough we stopped fighting. I told 174 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: him we had to be here, so let's make the 175 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: best of it. Let's get our education. And that was 176 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: the best. Not only that moment was the best thing 177 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: for me, but also the three years going to that 178 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: high school because I learned to work with people who 179 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: didn't look like me. I learned to get along with 180 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: people who didn't look like me, because that was going 181 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: to be my world, right And so I'm so happy 182 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: that I got bussed across town and that I was 183 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: able to work with people who didn't look like me 184 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: and go to school with people who didn't look like 185 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,839 Speaker 1: with me who became my friends too. And then I 186 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: led that school to his first state basketball championship at 187 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: the same time, So everything that's came together for me. 188 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: So those are that's how I grew up. Well, it's 189 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: a good story. And I want people to listen to it, 190 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: especially after we've just been through a few years when 191 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: people act like our differences are all that matter, and 192 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: the truth is that diverse groups make better decisions in 193 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: every endeavor in life. Thank you for telling the story. 194 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: I also want to thank you for explaining where you 195 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: fell in love with basketball, watching those games with your 196 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: dad and then going out and trying to emulate what 197 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: you saw, because I followed your career from the time 198 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: you were in college and I could never figure out 199 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: why in the living daylights I was looking at a 200 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: guard who could shoot a skyhook. Now, I know you 201 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: watched Kareem do it, didn't we may have unearthed a 202 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: very important part of basketball history. What we again. You know, 203 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: he was the most dominant player at that time, so 204 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: growing up, he was just a beautiful basketball player to watch. 205 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: I mean, the sky hook, the footwork, the balance. Also too. 206 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 1: People don't realize too, he's a smart man, too, super smart. 207 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: I mean, he's so intelligent and so um. I put 208 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: it in my game and sure enough, I shot that 209 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: skyhood a number of times in the n s A 210 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: Tournament and then thank God that the Lakers came calling, 211 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: and uh, I idolized Kareem, so now I'm getting a 212 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: chance to play with him. Oh, we'll be right back 213 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: when you were on that Dream Team in ninety two. First, 214 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: what was it like you were all those guys who 215 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 1: were older than you were, and were you aware at 216 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: the time the impact here we're all having across the 217 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: world and making basketball maybe the world's favorite global sport. 218 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: It's only sport. Really, Basketball is the only thing to 219 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: seriously challenge soccer is the world sport for women and 220 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: men too. First of all, just felt honored to represent 221 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: my country, to be selected to the Dream Team, the 222 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: first time pro basketball players were allowed to play in 223 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: the Olympics. UM. And then it was on my bucket 224 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: list to always play with Michael Jordan's and Larry Bird 225 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: and we had fought hard against each other for so 226 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: many years, but now finally we're gonna get a chance 227 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: to play with each other. And so President Clinton, I'm 228 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: used to coming down the middle for the Los Angeles Lakers, 229 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: and I got James Worthy on my right, I got 230 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: Byron Scott on my left, k rambas Is trailing, and 231 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: then Kareem f Jule Jabbar will come down later on 232 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: if we don't get a layup, a dunk or a 233 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: jump shot. Here, come down and shoot the Scott hook. 234 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: But now I have Michael Jordan's on my right. Oh man, 235 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: Larry Bird is on my left. Charles Barkley is trailing 236 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: Scottie Pippen is trailing Clyde Drexler, Chris Mullen, Man, David Robinson, 237 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: Patrick Ewen. I mean you're sitting there, John Stockton. One 238 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: a team. It was so amazing. We committed to each 239 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: other and this is what changed everything. First day of practice, 240 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: Chuck Daly said, President Clinton, Michael Jordan, You're going to 241 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: be the captain of the Dream Team. And Michael Jordan said, no, 242 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: I don't deserve to be the captain of the Dream team. 243 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird should be the captain of 244 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: the Dream Team. So at that moment in time, that 245 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: meant everybody had to leave their ego at the door, 246 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: because Michael Jordan just said, hey, I'm good just being 247 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: on this team, so everybody else gotta be good too. 248 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: So it made our job, Larry and our job easier 249 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: to lead the team because Michael Jordan's just said, hey, 250 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm just here, I'm gonna do my job, and everybody 251 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: else should do their job so we can win the 252 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: gold medal. Well, we blew everybody out by over forty 253 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: two points a game. It's the best basketball was ever 254 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: involved in it in my life. And then last but 255 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: not least, it was a scrimmage. It was a game 256 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: that nobody saw. That was the greatest basketball that we 257 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: all ever played in our entire lives. Chuck Daly said, Okay, 258 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: this is what we're gonna do. I'm a divide the 259 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: team East versus the West. So Michael Jordan's and Scottie 260 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: Pippen with the Bulls. Charles Barkley played for Philadelphia, he's 261 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: over there. Larry Bird of course with the Celtics. Patrick 262 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 1: Ewing was at starting center because he played for the Knicks. 263 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: On our team, of course, we had all the West guys, 264 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:22,360 Speaker 1: so that man, David Robinson, Carl Malone, Chris Mullen, Clyde Drexler, 265 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 1: and John stocktor So he said, all right, you guys 266 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: gonna go head to head, and I want to see 267 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: who's the best. President Clinton. Oh my goodness, I had 268 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: never seen a group of men come together on both 269 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: sides and play this game the way we played it. 270 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: It was just unbelievable. You got everything that you would 271 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: love in the game of basketball. If you wanted great passes, 272 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: you got great passes. You wanted to see jump shots, 273 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: you got that. You want to see defense. Patrick Ewing 274 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: and David Robinson was blocking shots left and right. I mean, 275 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: it was just unbelievable basketball, and everybody took it to 276 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: the next level. I've seen everybody play. All these men 277 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: played before, but they didn't play like that. They played 278 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: to another level. If you can imagine Michael Jordan and 279 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: Larry Bird going to another level. It was just unbelievable 280 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:25,239 Speaker 1: to witness and to be a part of. These are 281 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: the two plays that really stood out to me. Patrick 282 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: Uning had a breakaway down the middle. He came down 283 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: and he thought he was gonna dunk it. David Robinson 284 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: jumped straight up with two hands and blocked it, and 285 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: we all went crazy because how could he just block 286 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: this shot that this man was gonna tear the rim down? Right? 287 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: And I came down and I threw a no look 288 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: pass to Karl Malone and he went down and almost 289 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: tore the basket down. So it was a time out 290 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: and I had to I like to mess with Michael 291 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: Jordan's So I said, m j if you don't turn 292 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: into air Jordan, we're gonna blow you guys out. President Clinton, 293 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: what did I do that for? This guy came out 294 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: the next five possession and he hit five straight three 295 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: pointers and then he did one of the greatest moves 296 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 1: I've ever seen in my life. Now, he came down 297 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: the right side and David Robinson jumped and he thought 298 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: he had to block. Well, Michael Jordan just held the 299 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: ball and waited till he went all the way down 300 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: to the floor and looked at him as he was 301 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,639 Speaker 1: still in the air, and he turned and did a 302 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: three sixty and dunked it. And it was like, that's 303 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: the greatest shot I've ever seen in my life. Who 304 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: hangs in the air that long? And that's what you 305 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: got out of this game. Just unbelievable, play after play 306 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: after play. And finally Chuck Daily that when the clock 307 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: ran out the score was tied, and Chuck Daty said, well, 308 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: do you want to go into overtime? And we said yeah, 309 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: But everybody felt we were playing so hard against each 310 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: other somebody may get hurt, right, And so that ended 311 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,199 Speaker 1: in a tie. But let me tell you that was 312 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: the greatest basketball I've ever seen and been a part of. 313 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: And those memories last forever. And look at how many 314 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: players from overseas we have planning in the NBA today 315 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: because of the Dream Team. What a what great story. 316 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: So there you are, and then all of a sudden, 317 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: it's over. When you gave up something you love so 318 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: much and did so well, did you just instantaneously remake 319 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,959 Speaker 1: yourself or had you been preparing for this emotionally and 320 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: psychologically a long time. Did you have a good plan. 321 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: I was prepared for life after basketball because I had 322 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: two dreams in my life. I've always wanted to play 323 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 1: in the NBA and I also wanted to become a businessman. 324 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: I met two African American businessmen in Lansing, Michigan. I 325 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: didn't know that African Americans could own businesses. But Joe 326 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: Ferguson and Greg Eaton, two gentlemen who also supported you, 327 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: a very good friend of mine, and they showed me 328 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: that we could own businesses. And I asked them one 329 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: day to become my mentors, asked them for a job. 330 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: They gave me my first real job, and they're still 331 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: great mentors and friends. Of mine even today. So I 332 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: was preparing for life after basketball during the time I 333 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: was playing in the NBA. Dr Jerry Buster, owner of 334 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: the Lakers, became my first mentor, and uh then I 335 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: had guys Michael Ovis, Peter Gruber, all these guys became 336 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: my mentors while I was still playing m and then 337 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: when in when we made the announcement that I had 338 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: HIV um, it devastated me. And I want to say 339 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: to everybody out there, it took me a year to 340 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: really to get over the fact that I wasn't playing 341 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: the game that I loved, the game that brought so 342 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: much joy and happiness to my life. The first year, 343 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,919 Speaker 1: it took me time to understand what I had to 344 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 1: deal with living first with HIV. When I got the diagnosis, 345 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: I remember that HIV and as at that time, was 346 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: a death sentence. I said, how can I be here 347 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: a long time? The doctor told me three things. He 348 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: said urban Number one, you gotta take your med's. Second, 349 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: he said, you gotta be okay with your new status 350 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: because it's all about an attitude in a mindset. Now, 351 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: he said, Third, you gotta work out. I said, now, 352 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: are those are three things I have to do to 353 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: be here a long time. He said, those are the 354 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: three things I think you have to do. And so 355 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 1: I tell you what really happened to me, President Clinton. 356 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm laying on a couch feeling sorry for myself. This 357 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: is about eight nine months in now. I'm I'm angry, 358 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: I'm upset. I'm not playing basketball. So I came into 359 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 1: the house after working out and my wife said get out. 360 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: And what she said, no, get out? So Cookie is 361 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: telling me to get out the house. I said, get out? 362 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: What are you talking about? She said, when you come back, 363 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: I want you to be the man that I married. 364 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: You've never been a guy who felt sorry for himself. 365 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: You always looked at life said hey, you've dealt with 366 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: things that came your way, and you moved on. You know, 367 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: you moved done with life. You you had dreams of 368 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: becoming a businessman. Now it's time to go after those dreams. 369 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: But you're sitting on this couch feeling sorry for yourself. 370 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: And that's not you. And that's what changed my life. 371 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: So I got up and started working towards becoming a businessman. 372 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: I stopped thinking about trying to come back to the NBA. 373 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: And why I'm not playing and so on. I The 374 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: first thing I did was President Bush at that time, 375 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: asked me to join his Age Commission. I went to 376 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: Boston one day. This was really hurt me. They had 377 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: a brand new hospice, thirty beds. They only had one 378 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 1: person in that hospice. And I said, wait a minute, 379 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: you got twenty nine beds open and we don't have 380 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: people in there. They said, the certificate process is so 381 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,879 Speaker 1: outrageous that people can and get in. And that that 382 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: President Clinton, I cried. I was so upset that we 383 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: had this facility to take care of people who are 384 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: living with HIV and a's and and and people who 385 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: need it beds, who needed rooms and they're on the street, 386 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: and and so that just hurt me. And I was 387 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: so happy when you became the president, and the funds 388 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 1: that you committed also to you speaking up, and look 389 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: at what happened. The results got better, the meds got better, 390 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: we had more medicine. We had now people could get jobs, 391 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 1: and some of the discrimination stopped against people who were 392 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: living with hibn A. So a lot of things change 393 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: with your leadership. And so I want to say thank you. 394 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: But my wife helped me to then jump start my 395 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: business career, and then things just opened up for me 396 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 1: and I did all the businesses and all the things 397 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: I always wanted to do. I started the Magic Johnson Foundation. 398 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: We raised millions and millions of dollars for people were 399 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: living with HIV and AIDS. Also those who couldn't pay 400 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: for their medicine. We were able to help them pay 401 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: for their medicine. On and on and on, so especially 402 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: in the black community, because it was running rapid through 403 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: the black and brown community. So I had to educate 404 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: my people about this disease and what it was doing 405 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: to our community. So again it was just uh that 406 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 1: time I got into business, but also was committed. And 407 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: then last but not least, I got to say something 408 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,920 Speaker 1: about Elizabeth Glazier who was dying of AIDS at that time, 409 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: and you remember she allowed cookie and I had to 410 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,159 Speaker 1: go visit her, and she said, I want you to 411 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: become the face of this disease because we need a face. 412 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: We don't have a face. And I committed to her 413 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: when she was dying that I would do that. And 414 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: sure enough, it'll be thirty years this November that I'm 415 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: living with HIV. And so she changed my life. She 416 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 1: changed my wife life. I'm so happy to steal be 417 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: in a fight, and I'm so happy about the magic 418 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: Johnson found Nation and also the Clinton Foundation and all 419 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: the things you're doing. And people don't know all the 420 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: things you're doing now, not just here in America but 421 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: around the world. President Clinton, your foundation has touched so 422 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: many people. So thank you for what you've been doing. 423 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: Um so, because that's important. Stay tuned for more of 424 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 1: the conversation after this short break. Let's talk to us 425 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: a little bit before we run out of time here. 426 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: What's the first successful busin as you know, what was 427 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: your first success? The first success, I would say it 428 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: was a radio station. That was my first thing. Um 429 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: minorities were allowed at that time to buy TV stations, 430 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: radio stations, uh at a cheaper price, and uh so 431 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: I bought radio stations and then resold them. I changing 432 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: from my AM to a FM, which the FM more expensive. 433 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: So it worked out great for me, and I brought 434 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of basketball players in with me and they 435 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: all made money. They thought I was a here their 436 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: hero then, right so, But I would say the biggest 437 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: thing I ever done in the beginning though, to prove 438 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: myself to have a track record of success. Was Starbucks 439 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: taking Starbucks and you and I. People don't people don't 440 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: realize how align you and I are and how friends were. 441 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: This is really incredible. It's two people on this earth 442 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: who changed Harlem, and we're both on this zoom call today. First, 443 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: when I put the Magic Johnson Theater and I in 444 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: Harlem and I brought Starbucks to Harlem, that changed Harlem. 445 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: Then this this president what's his name? President Clinton put 446 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: his office right by my Starbucks. That changed Harlem. So 447 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: both of us are responsible for what's going on today. Now. 448 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,959 Speaker 1: They have so many new restaurants. You see people eating 449 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 1: outside in Harlem that never happened before. New development is 450 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: going up in Harlem, hotels, things of that nature. So 451 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: we created a lot of job opportunities in Harlem, but 452 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: all so places for people to go. That was my 453 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: first big deal was building a hundred and twenty five 454 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: Starbucks in forty different cities across the country. And Howard 455 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: shows I owe him a lot because we came together 456 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: and did some powerful and great things in the inner 457 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: cities of America by bringing Starbucks to the urban communities. 458 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: Why did you buy w NBA team. I love women's 459 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: basketball and even today, I watched college women's games all 460 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: the time. And then when you think about uh, the 461 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: w n b A and owning the l A Sparks, Um, 462 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: I was going to the games already. And so when 463 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 1: the team came up for sale, my partners and I 464 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: who owned the Dodgers, together, we just said, hey, why 465 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 1: don't we just buy the team because we all love 466 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,959 Speaker 1: uh the w n b A, we love uh women's sports. 467 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: So so we decided to buy the team, and it 468 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: was it's been great owning the team. Candice Parker, who 469 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,680 Speaker 1: is one of the greatest players of all time to 470 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: play in and college basketball and the w n b A. 471 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: You know, we're led by her, and so President Clint 472 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: I had. I've had some year when I think about 473 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers winning the championship and they dedicated the year 474 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,479 Speaker 1: to Kobe Bryant of course with him passing away, and 475 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: they end up winning the championship, and then my Dodgers 476 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,400 Speaker 1: end up winning the World Series. So it's been some 477 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: year for me in terms of sports. And uh uh 478 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: that's why I bought them, because I just wanted to 479 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: keep the l A Sparks in Los Angeles and my 480 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: wife and I enjoy and then one day we can 481 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 1: pass on to our daughter, who also played high school 482 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: basketball herself. Well, the one thing I want to do. 483 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: I know we gotta wrap this up and you've got 484 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: something else to do. But I don't think most people 485 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: know just how much you have done since the COVID problem, 486 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, WACICS to save minority and women owned businesses. 487 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: I think the you know it turned out to be 488 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: your opportunity because you saw it as an opportunity and 489 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: an obligation to do something to advance racial justice and 490 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 1: economic justice, as well as to lend a helping hand 491 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: to small businesses who don't have the access to capital 492 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: that you do. So just talk about what you did 493 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: through your insurance company and to help businesses minority and 494 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: women owned businesses after COVID, because uh, it's been a 495 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: big problem all across the country. Not a lot of 496 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 1: bigger businesses did find and could access this government program, 497 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: and sometime the people that needed to the most couldn't 498 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: get it, and you stepped in into the breach. And 499 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,719 Speaker 1: I think it may be twenty years from now one 500 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: of the most significant things you ever done in your life, 501 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: and I want a record of it. So the first 502 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: thing we were able to do was commit a couple 503 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: hundred million. The money went so fast because so many 504 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: businesses needed help that then we put up another hundred million, 505 00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: brought the total to three million dollars, and we were 506 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: able to save tens of thousands of businesses and also 507 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: UH saved them from also firing or letting go of 508 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: their employees as well. I'm so happy that I was 509 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: in a position God blessed me to be in this 510 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: position to help. I've always been about trying to uplift 511 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: the Black community and the Latino community anyway I can, 512 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: and so UM, I just felt at that time it 513 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: was a need and I could be a solution to 514 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: those small black business owners and Latino business owners and 515 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: women own businesses as well. So UH it's been a 516 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 1: blessing for them and a blessing for me too. At 517 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: the same time, as we close, I want to say 518 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: again how much you have meant to all three of 519 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 1: us and our small family, a shining light and a 520 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: constant reminder to never give up, keep your chin up, 521 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: and keep going. But now all over America people are 522 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,000 Speaker 1: beginning to wonder where when is this ever gonna be over? 523 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 1: And when it's over, will whatever be like it was? 524 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: And if it's not gonna be like it was, is 525 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: it gonna be good? How do you think about that? What? 526 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 1: What would you say to people about how to stay 527 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: with the program right now so we don't have a 528 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: lot more people die? And then how do you think 529 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: about the future. I'm a positive guy. I've always been that, 530 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 1: and I think that, uh, we'll be heading in the 531 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 1: right direction as a country, and I think people need 532 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: to just hold on. Help is on the way. When 533 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: you think about this pandemic and what's going on there, 534 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, we get our shots and 535 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,320 Speaker 1: do what we're supposed to do and wear our mask 536 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: and stay safe and healthy, I think, and protect not 537 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: only yourself but other people will be fine there. But 538 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: I think the economy will turn around, and I think 539 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: that uh, hopefully uh, in the next whether it's this 540 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: year or in we'll be back to heading in the 541 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: right direction and back strong again as a nation, and 542 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: I think the economy will be strong as well. So 543 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,319 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to that and I hope to be 544 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,880 Speaker 1: a part of that solution as well, just like I 545 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: work with you. Just like I work with President Obama, 546 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: I want to make sure I work with President Biden 547 00:35:56,040 --> 00:36:00,320 Speaker 1: as well and just make things better for our treet 548 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: but also those who live in urban America. That's always 549 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: been my focus and it will always be my focus. Well, 550 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 1: we just heard a remarkable person. My life has been 551 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 1: breathed by his friendship and by the example. He said. 552 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: We love you man, Thank you so much. 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