It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
MAGIC JOHNSONMagic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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I’m a big believer in dreaming. If you don’t dream it, you can’t become it.
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I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.
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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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No I changed my mind. I’ll go up on the other side.’ He’s just incredible.
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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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Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.
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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 you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
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Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
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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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