“I was able to see what I wanted to do, I could see the opportunity, even when others could not, and I stay committed to doing it and doing it well, no matter what.”

On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It’s almost like we have ESPN.

People don’t stop eating, and they don’t stop drinking coffee.

I’m at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

The important thing is this Just because I’m doing well doesn’t mean that they’re going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.

I’ve always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I’d read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.

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

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That’s that. That’s easy.

I grew up poor, but I didn’t have poor dreams

Being able to touch so many people through my businesses and make money while doing it, is a huge blessing.

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.

Once Michael gets up there he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.’ Then all of a sudden, he says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll 360.

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.

I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house.

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.

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.

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

I feel really passionately about safe, comfortable roads, crosswalks, and sidewalks. Everyone of all economic backgrounds should be able to get to school or the grocery store safely and efficiently so they can live better lives.

If I’d had fame early on, I’d have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.

To me, success is one’s ability to keep the faith, develop his God-given talents, and be able to honestly say at the close of life, “the world is a better place because I have lived.”

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.

You’ve got to really be able to accept the rejection.