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

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it would work.

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.

Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.

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.

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I’m talking about just for the league itself.

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

Life doesnt stop because something happens to you.

When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

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 want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young [sons] become men.

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.

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.

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

You also have to research your competition.

I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and dont let anyone tell you you cant. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.