Assists is what Earvin is all about. That's what my whole life has been, assisting others.

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, no matter what.

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.

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

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 next door.

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

For me, it always goes back to something I learned in basketball. 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.

You're the only one who can make the difference. Whatever your dream is, go for it.

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

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

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

I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.

I try to hire people I don't have to motivate. But I do motivate the people working with and for me.

My work ethic is from sports.

I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.

I love putting people to work of color.

A woman always remembers. Remember that.

People see me high-fivin' and smiling on the court, and they don't think that's me. But it is. I just want to go out and be myself.

When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.

When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

I'm far from being a homosexual.

I'm glad that Gov. Scott down in Florida accepted ObamaCare, because it will work.

ObamaCare is working. I talk to a lot of CEOs of hospitals. It is working.

Everyone should have the opportunity to get affordable, quality health coverage.

I'm building shopping centers and movie theaters in the inner cities. So that means supplying jobs and letting blacks understand that we have to build our communities back, not looking to anybody else.

Sometimes friends move apart from each other for whatever reason.

I've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.

A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'

I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.

Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.

All students should have the opportunity to receive their high school diplomas and be fully prepared for college or the workplace.

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.

I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.

Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.

I don't care who is attacking my son. I still support him; I still love him.

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

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.

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

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 it out.

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 breathes basketball.

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

Young people want you to be real with them.

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

The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.

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.

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.

My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.

When a woman is frustrated, and it's your wife, you as the husband get that frustration.

I think that there are always goals for me to try to achieve, and I'm going to work toward those goals.