I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community. -Magic Johnson Change
I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am. -Magic Johnson Peace
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. -Magic Johnson Medical
God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her. -Magic Johnson Smile
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community. -Magic Johnson Great
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now. -Magic Johnson Age
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. -Magic Johnson Sports
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. -Magic Johnson Sports
When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand. -Magic Johnson Sports
I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity. -Magic Johnson Morning
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. -Magic Johnson Diet
When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone. -Magic Johnson Alone
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. -Magic Johnson Health
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. -Magic Johnson Attitude
