I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it..

You don't have to be Magic to be special. You're already special, you're you..

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….

I grew up poor, but I didn't have poor dreams.

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

If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got..

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. I started in business ….

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

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

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

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, n….

I wouldn't do the 'Magic Hour' again, but I would do TV again. The 'Magic Hour' is not me. Anything I would do, I would have to be me. That is how it….

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball ca….

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

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..

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Laker….

The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor's office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive..

The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good..

If you come to me and say, 'Hey look I'm a racist,' or 'I discriminate against blacks,' or 'I don't like you because you're African American,' I resp….

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel..