Magic Johnson Quotes

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Magic Johnson

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : August 14, 1959

A woman always remembers. Remember that.

Magic Johnson

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.

Magic Johnson

I love putting people to work of color.

Magic Johnson

My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'

Magic Johnson

I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough.

Magic Johnson

My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.

Magic Johnson

My family is a praying family, a Christian family.

Magic Johnson

I get up 5:30-6 every morning. I'm in the gym. I run a couple miles.

Magic Johnson

My having HIV has no bearing on my business.

Magic Johnson

Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.

Magic Johnson

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. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.

Magic Johnson

I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

Magic Johnson

I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.

Magic Johnson