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 Johnson
Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself – but whether you can bless other people. – Magic Johnson
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 Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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 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
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. – 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
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
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. – Magic Johnson
I’ll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad – ‘Just look at Magic and how well he’s doing.’ – 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 often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you. – Magic Johnson
I like things going on in my life. I don’t want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing. – Magic Johnson