“Assists is what Earvin is all about. That’s what my whole life has been, assisting others.”

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.

Because if you’re going to lose, lose. I’m serious.

There’s Michael [Jordan], then there’s the rest of us.

Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That’s what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team.

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

I respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don’t smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don’t really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.

HIV changed my life, but it doesn’t keep me from living.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything.

Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I’m in the gym. I run a couple miles. I lift weights, and then I’m at work until 8-9 o’clock at night.

The attitude that I’m going to show everybody, I’m going to work hard to get better and better.

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

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,

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.

You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.

Dawn came on us like a betrayer; it seemed as though the new sun rose as an ally of our enemies to assist in our destruction.

If he had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, I can tell you exactly how he did it, what type of shots he made and who he passed to.

Everything happens for a reason and that reason is there to assist me.