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..

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy..

Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well,….

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting..

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers..

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

HIV changed my life, but it doesn't keep me from living..

You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend..

People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee..

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..

We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds ... It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in basketball, the all-time grea….

Young people want you to be real with them..

Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work hard and had the de….

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion..

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

I think you just have to keep knocking down doors, you have to keep being aggressive, and even if somebody says 'No', then you have to knock on the n….

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV c….

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had..

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect..

When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have….

I strive on pressure..