I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.
MAGIC JOHNSONA competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers’ duel.
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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.
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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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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
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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.
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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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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Most people who are healthy, and I’m healthy, can’t even live my life.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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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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