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.
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
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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We are also a company that understands community.
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I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.
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WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
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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.
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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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Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
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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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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 want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
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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.
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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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I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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