Magic Johnson Quotes

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

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

"When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are."

"Life doesn't stop because something happens to you."

"Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had."

"You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"The best doctors and medicine in the world can't save you if you don't do what you're supposed to do."

"I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing."

"ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working."

"For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me."

"I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you."

"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."

"A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'"

"I'm glad that Gov. Scott down in Florida accepted ObamaCare, because it will work."

"I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind."

"I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day."

"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."

"All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace."

"Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me."

"I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else."

"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."

"It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out."

"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."

"When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone."

"I'm far from being a homosexual."

"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."