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 never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. There's winning and there's losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what's never been acceptable to me is quitting.
I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.
Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.
If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.
You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.
Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the next door.
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.
I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.