Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.is an American retired professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Associationfor 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth14 August 1959
CityLansing, MI
CountryUnited States of America
He told me to go for it, ... He told me he'd be coming to some of our games to check me out.
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.
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.
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.
The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.
It's almost like we have ESPN.
The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.
If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.
The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.
WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place
I learned to give him the ball....
You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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.
It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.