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

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part..

If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful..

If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of….

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 hav….

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 agai….

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 ga….

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

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-brai….

When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are..

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 ….

I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day..

Life doesnt stop because something happens to you..

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, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I a….

I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house. I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house….

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 breathe….

I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure - like right now the whole mortgag….

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in..

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful..

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon..

I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her….