The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
MAGIC JOHNSONThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
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People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.
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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. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day.
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You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.
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My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were – they still are – great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
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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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Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.
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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 really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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If people around you aren’t going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they’re dragging you down, get rid of them.
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I never think that there’s something I can’t do, whether it’s beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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