Christmas Day was special because everybody is watching at home. That's what I loved about Christmas Day because it shined the spotlight on the Lakers, on our team, and we knew that all of the other leagues were at home and millions of people were watching. So it made it a special day to play on Christmas.

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 respect that. I can respect you more by doing that. But don't smile in my face, shake my hand, and then you don't really respect me, or want me to be around, or come to your games as the owner of the Clippers.

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

If you hate to lose, you do whatever you need to do to make sure you're business is successful.

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

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