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

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.

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.

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

Young people want you to be real with them.

WE all have to play as a team to make the world a better place

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