I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here.

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

I strive on pressure.

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

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.

I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.

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.