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

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.

I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I’ve learned through every partnership and opportunity.

I’m from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers… it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.

Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players.

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.

Research your idea. See if there’s a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don’t know if there’s a need for it.

I wouldn’t do the ‘Magic Hour’ again, but I would do TV again. The ‘Magic Hour’ is not me.

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I’d always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.

So long and take it easy, because if you start taking things seriously, it is the end of you.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.

He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.

Every once in a while I think, ‘What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could be so much easier. The other guys are out having fun, doing other things, why not me?’

It’s easy to have principles when you’re rich. The important thing is to have principles when you’re poor.

Poetry? That’s easy. I just cut the vein, and let it bleed.