Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.
MAGIC JOHNSONMy father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
More Magic Johnson Quotes
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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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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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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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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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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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Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
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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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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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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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It’s almost like we have ESPN.
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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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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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They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
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Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
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On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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