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MAGIC JOHNSONA lot of black guys always ask me, ‘Did Larry Bird really play that good?’ I said, ‘Larry Bird is so good it’s frightening.’
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man,
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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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I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams
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I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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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.
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I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says ‘No’, then you have to knock on the next door.
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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 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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Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.
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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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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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HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.
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Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.
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I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.
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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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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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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 am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
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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.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.
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