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Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.


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.


I tell people to look at me and understand that everybody first told me that I couldn't be a 6-foot, 9-inch point guard, and I proved them wrong. Then they told me I couldn't be a businessman and make money in urban America, and I proved them wrong. And they thought I couldn't win all these championships, and I proved them wrong there as well.


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


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


I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.


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


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


I'm not cured, but the HIV is asleep deep in my body.


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.


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.


Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.


To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.


I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.


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 career was over, and that is what I am doing now.


I enjoy being the messenger for God in terms of letting people know about HIV and AIDS.


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.


God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.


All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.


I'm the biggest music lover in the world. I mean, I have seen everybody. I went on tour with Michael Jackson and the Jacksons four or five times.