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

It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.

I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the desire to be great.

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.

Young people want you to be real with them.

WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know.

There’s winning and there’s losing, and in life you have to know they both will happen. But what’s never been acceptable to me is quitting.

If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.

You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.

If you’re a competitive person, that stays with you. You don’t stop. You always look over your shoulder.

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.

With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That’s how people want to be treated, with respect. That’s what I tell my employees – customer service is very important.

I really want people to know that I’ve worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn’t just happen overnight.

Don’t give up! Be friends with people who help you work hard.