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 to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.

We are a company that lives and breathes a philosophy that's centered on not only making sound business decisions but also personally and professionally finding ways to contribute to the well being of society. We are also a company that understands community.

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.

As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.

The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.

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, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible.

On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.