You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you.

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Next season, Ohio State center recruit Greg Oden will be the best player to enter the league since Magic Johnson became a (Michigan State) Spartan in 1977.

When I opened Magic Johnson's theater on 125th Street, a lot of people said it wouldn't fly, but we proved them wrong, ... I love New York_ and I like what Mike Bloomberg is about. He gets things done for every neighborhood.

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.