It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
MAGIC JOHNSONEven when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.
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Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.
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So 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.
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Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.
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On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
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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 wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.
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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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You can’t get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor’s office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
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