Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
MAGIC JOHNSONI 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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I strive on pressure.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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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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The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
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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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I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.
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I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
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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.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
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The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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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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I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That’s the key I may be up early, but I’m in bed early too.
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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.
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If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you’re business is successful.
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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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