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
Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.
I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
My having HIV has no bearing on my business.
My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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 think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
I am so blessed and lucky to be able to find something I truly love and I'm passionate about and that I'm having so much fun doing,
People will live here, work here and shop here,
Los Angeles was jump-started by the construction of the Staples Center.
No doubt about it, the landscape and your opportunities are so much greater here in the U.S. than in any other country, and if you come up with a great idea, and then put a great business plan with it, and you can get the capital, then the sky's the limit,
I can't do it by myself. Hopefully, these other guys and ladies will come on out and invest in our community, because this is not good business, it's great business! You can make some money,
The only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
We're not letting you just come into our community anymore without a partner or without one of us being a partner in that deal,
We were doing inventory and I said, 'Okay, I know the inner city. I know how we do when we go to movies. These hot dogs are going to be gone the first week.' (They say,) 'No way, no way. We don't sell that much over at such and such.' What happens? We open on a Friday, the hot dogs are gone by Sunday? by Sunday!