I was around when my father finished the last payment of his house. I remember like it was yesterday. He had worked all those years to own that house and he cried. He was so excited and so happy and I want to see other people get that feeling, too.

I'm a big believer in dreaming. If you don't dream it, you can't become it.

If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

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

My father was a great example of a strong and good man and Christian man, and my mother taught all my six sisters how to be young ladies and mothers and how to take care of your family. And so I think they were - they still are - great examples for all of us to their kids and to the world, too.

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.

When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.