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
I watched the way he handled himself on all those nationally televised interviews that followed, and he seemed to be at ease and having fun with things. It reminded me of me. When I met Jason, I told him that he and I must have known each other from a previous life.
Probably impossible, almost, for the Lakers to make it with the road schedule they have.
The only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
There's Michael [Jordan], then there's the rest of us.
I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
I wouldn't do the 'Magic Hour' again, but I would do TV again. The 'Magic Hour' is not me. Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.
Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.
To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
I strive on pressure.
If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.
My having HIV has no bearing on my business.
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.
I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.