All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.
Magic Johnson
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.
Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
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.
My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
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.
A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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.
I'm not cured, but the HIV is asleep deep in my body.
I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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.
Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
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.
When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.
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.
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.
Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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.
My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.
I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough.
My work ethic is from 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.
My having HIV has no bearing on my business.
I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.
I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.
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.
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.
I'm the one who started redevelopment in South Los Angeles, not Jan Perry. I did it. I love Jan. She's a good person, and she did a wonderful job with what she did downtown, but in L.A., South L.A., I'm the one.
All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.
The best doctors and medicine in the world can't save you if you don't do what you're supposed to do.
I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.
When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.
It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.
I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.
To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.
I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
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.
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.
