Magic Johnson Quotes (59 Quotes)


    J-Mac said he could beat me one-on-one. Well, before we make this movie we're going to come back into this gymnasium and see if he can.

    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.

    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.

    My wife and I have been praying on it and God has answered our prayers, ... God has put me here to play basketball, to do my thing on the court. So that's where I'm going to do my thing, on that court.

    He's not the same Tony Parker any more. He knows what to do now 'I'm going to pull up instead of going all the way. Or, the next time, I may drive it, but I'm not really driving for a shot for me. I'm trying to draw the defense and kick it out.


    The 2006 Lincoln Mark LT already has that special style and sophistication unique only to the Lincoln brand. My vision was to add that 'magic touch' to something that was already great, and we've scored big with the Magic DUB edition Lincoln Mark LT. It certainly is a great example of all that is Lincoln luxury.

    I thought it was going to be a team in January or February anyway because of all the new guys trying to learn the triangle. They're probably still on that timetable.

    I just signed a deal with 24 Hour Fitness. We're going to build those in the inner cities as well, ... I'm just happy that my businesses are doing well and that they're supplying jobs to those minorities, and for those communities.

    If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

    No doubt about it, the landscape and your opportunities are so much greater here in the U.S. than in any other country, and if you come up with a great idea, and then put a great business plan with it, and you can get the capital, then the sky's the limit,

    The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.

    Los Angeles was jump-started by the construction of the Staples Center.

    Some people are going to have to grow some tough skin they hadn't had to grow before. Pat is a direct guy. That's going to really be different than everyone is used to. And he's going to say it in a way they're not used to a coach saying it and right in their face. ... He just wants you to play the game the right way.

    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.

    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.

    The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.

    I am so blessed and lucky to be able to find something I truly love and I'm passionate about and that I'm having so much fun doing,

    All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

    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.

    He told me to go for it, ... He told me he'd be coming to some of our games to check me out.

    I want to make sure that all people living with HIV -- but especially the minority community -- understand that this disease is not going anywhere.

    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.

    Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.

    I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, and you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says no, then you have to knock on the next door,

    We were doing inventory and I said, 'Okay, I know the inner city. I know how we do when we go to movies. These hot dogs are going to be gone the first week.' (They say,) 'No way, no way. We don't sell that much over at such and such.' What happens We open on a Friday, the hot dogs are gone by Sunday by Sunday

    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.

    But right now, that's not happening. God is blessing me, so we're going to continue to do what we're doing,

    Believe it or not, I was once just like you, ... I was sitting in a school just like this. I had dreams and goals just like you and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be Magic Johnson.

    I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house. I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too,

    I've seen people get exploited in Hollywood because of poor representation. From what I've seen, these two men have their clients' best interests at heart, as does everyone else involved in the project. I think we are going to produce a movie that does the story justice.

    All-star weekend is still the biggest celebrity-driven event in all of sports. Because I've been to Super Bowls, and a few celebrities come out. And I've been to a lot of other sporting events, and a few (celebrities) come out. But at the NBA all-star weekend, everybody comes out.

    I will continue to talk about it for the rest of my life,

    Kids need to dream, they need to know that people care about them and they should be able to see outside every single day, because that's what helps you dream,

    Next season, Ohio State center recruit Greg Oden will be the best player to enter the league since Magic Johnson became a (Michigan State) Spartan in 1977.

    I think it would give young people a lot of hope. And not just young people living with autism, but all young people. It would help them to reach their goals and dreams. and tell them never to give up. And also, be ready for your shot when called upon.

    I'd never been on a team where if you don't win a championship, it's a failure. For that to be the norm is pretty mind-boggling. The bar has been set pretty high here because of the history.

    No, no. I'm not a shooter. I could run the show and get it to guys like you 'cause you can shoot it. That was my job.

    And these fans sensed before Game 3, ... that their team could get beat. It's true. Good players to role players need home. Those players feel more comfortable at home. They're more likely to know their favorite spots on the floor at home. They're thinking, 'If I get the ball right here.' No, the great players don't need that. I loved to play on the road. Kareem would get that look in his eye on the road some nights. But you have to look at the teams involved.

    When I opened Magic Johnson's theater on 125th Street, a lot of people said it wouldn't fly, but we proved them wrong, ... I love New York and I like what Mike Bloomberg is about. He gets things done for every neighborhood.

    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.

    Small business owners really make America go, ... If it weren't for us supplying people with jobs, America would be in trouble, because there are much more small business owners than there are big business owners. With America coming back, as far as people having more money to spend, that is due to the success of small business owners.

    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.

    We feel that we are going to have a great success here in Brooklyn, a theater that everybody will be proud of and everybody will come and support. We will continue to be a community-based theater. That's what we do different than any other theater chain.

    We're not letting you just come into our community anymore without a partner or without one of us being a partner in that deal,

    I come from a small town in Lansing, Michigan, and there were very few people I could point to and say 'I want to be like him or that person,' ... So basically I had to watch TV and say 'I want to be like that person.


    Probably impossible, almost, for the Lakers to make it with the road schedule they have.

    I can't do it by myself. Hopefully, these other guys and ladies will come on out and invest in our community, because this is not good business, it's great business You can make some money,


    At the time I was diagnosed, it was a white man's gay disease,


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