If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
MAGIC JOHNSONSo 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.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
-
-
My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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 -
I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
MAGIC JOHNSON -
Young people want you to be real with them.
MAGIC JOHNSON -
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
MAGIC JOHNSON