Top 153 Quotes & Sayings by Magic Johnson
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American basketball player Magic Johnson.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
I'm not cured, but the HIV is asleep deep in my body.
If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
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.
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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.
The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.
Magic 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.
No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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.
My work ethic is from sports.
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.
When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.
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.
You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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.
I love putting people to work of color.
I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
Young people want you to be real with them.
Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. 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.
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.
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.
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, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.
I'm far from being a homosexual.
I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.
ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.
I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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.
I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man; I am a vegetable man, anyway.
All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
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. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
Magic 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. Magic is a guy who would stand for nothing but winning and really prepared himself as well as he prepared his team. Earvin is the complete opposite.
Related Authors
Brittney Griner Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Dennis Rodman Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Diana Taurasi Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Jabari Parker Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Jermaine O'Neal Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Jrue Holiday Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Kobe Bryant Quotes
American
Basketball Player
LeBron James Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Michael Jordan Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Mike Conley Jr. Quotes
American
Basketball Player
P. J. Tucker Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Rasheed Wallace Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Ricky Rubio Quotes
Spanish
Basketball Player
Shaun Livingston Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Spencer Dinwiddie Quotes
American
Basketball Player
Tyler Herro Quotes
American
Basketball Player