Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.

I respect women to the utmost.

If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.

I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.

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.

God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.

I got blessed from my mom. She's the personality; she's the one who smiled, so I took on part of her, and who also wanted to help and save the world. Then I took on part of my dad, who is tough.

When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.

I thank Him every chance I get - on my knees praying.

I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.

I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.

My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

When you think about the NASCAR brand, it resonates everywhere. They have the No. 1 sports brand.

My work ethic is from sports.