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" 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. "

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

" When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are. "

" I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community. "

" Life doesn't stop because something happens to you. "

" You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend. "

" My having HIV has no bearing on my business. "

" Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates. "

" I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing. "

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" I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful. "

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" I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you. "

" People don't stop eating, and they don't stop drinking coffee. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm gonna love my son until the end. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition. "