Tyler Perry
American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
Magic Johnson was a legendary NBA player, known for his exceptional court vision, passing abilities, and leadership. He led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships, won three MVP awards, and is considered one of the greatest point guards of all time. After retiring in 1991, Johnson has remained active in business, philanthropy, and media, while also advocating for HIV/AIDS prevention and safe sex.
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr.is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, Johnson spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Associationand the playoffs (12.35 assists per game). He also holds the records for most career playoff assists and most career playoff triple-doubles. Johnson was the co-captain of the 1992 United States men’s Olympic basketball team (“The Dream Team”), which won the Olympic gold medal in Barcelona. After leaving the NBA in 1991, he formed the Magic Johnson All-Stars, a barnstorming team that traveled around the world playing exhibition games.
Johnson was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996 and selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021, and became a two-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame–being enshrined in 2002 for his individual career and as a member of the Dream Team in 2010. His friendship and rivalry with Boston Celtics star Larry Bird, whom he faced in the 1979 NCAA finals and three NBA championship series, are well documented.
Since his retirement, Johnson has been an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and safe sex, as well as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, broadcaster and motivational speaker. Johnson is a former part-owner of the Lakers and was the team’s president of basketball operations in the late 2010s. He is a founding member of Guggenheim Baseball Management, managing entity of the MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers, and is additionally part of ownership groups of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, the MLS’ Los Angeles FC, the NFL’s Washington Commanders, and the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. Johnson has won 14 total championships during his career, one in college, five as an NBA player and eight as an owner.
16 Quotes by Magic Johnson
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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.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Young people want you to be real with them.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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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.
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If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.
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The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.
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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.
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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.
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The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
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