I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
MAGIC JOHNSONI was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
-
-
Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
MAGIC JOHNSON -
On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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 -
I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.
MAGIC JOHNSON






