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

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,

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.

The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It’s a memory I will always cherish.

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.

A woman always remembers. Remember that.

For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball.

And we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.

When I’m under the gun and I’ve got pressure on me, I don’t panic. I look for the right solution, and then I go for it.

Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.

Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.

I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.

I’ve been fascinated with Maori culture since I was a kid.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

I took a few piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t last; I just learned piano from doing it over and over on my own, because I didn’t have many friends, and there was always a keyboard in the house.

I’ve been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!

If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would.

Got two kids; one’s a record producer who lives just up the road from me – great guitarist and piano player, too.

I’m always the person who’s taking everyone else’s kid and putting them on my hip, so I’ve kinda always been a mama.