In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

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

You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor's office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.

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.

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

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.