I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.
I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.
Young people want you to be real with them.
The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.
On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.
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 Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.
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.
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.
On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
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 and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.
I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.
It all started when I got injured early in my second season. This turned out to be as difficult emotionally as physically.
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 would work.
Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. 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 worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor's office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee.
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.
It's almost like we have ESPN.
You either have to be great or you have to be bad to get a good pick.
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 mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.
