<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Magic Consoles Zo The instant Magic Johnson saw Alonzo Mourning go down, crashing to the court when his right leg buckled, he knew immediately that the center's career was probably over. 'I told him in the locker room, `Hold your head up high,' ''Johnson said of their conversation. ``This is not the way you wanted to go out. It's not the way I wanted to go out.'' 'When I saw that smile, I told him, `That's how I want you go out,''' Johnson said. -- Miami Herald # "I told him from my own experience, 'This is not the way you wanted to go out. It was not the way I wanted to go out,''" said Johnson, whose career was cut short after he was diagnosed with HIV. "''But you know what? Life is not bad after basketball. I found that out. ... You'll find out wearing a suit is not too bad.'' I'm a successful businessman and Zo will be a successful businessman." "I said, 'Hold your head up high,''" Johnson said. "''You over-delivered to the fans, to the city of Miami. You should be proud of yourself. You gave the game 150 percent of yourself and of your body.''Nobody in the NBA has given more than he has." -- Palm Beach Post</div>
Thats sad after all he's done. (coming back with the kidney transplant etc) He'll be remembered in the NBA for sure.
Not the way i wanted to see him go out. He had one of the most respected careers and I'm happy he got a ring, he's a true class act.
