Michael Carter-Williams Quotes

I started working with Special Olympics when I was 17 years old. I'll never forget the first time I did it: I was at Weber State, and it was the summer before I started school. We have to get up in the morning and do this Special Olympics camp.

Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as an NBA player in Philadelphia.

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all the athletes.

It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics.

I have a great relationship with Special Olympics back in Baltimore and have had one for many years.

Once I got to the NBA I wanted to continue to work with the Special Olympics and those with special needs.

When I was a little boy, there were a lot of children with physical problems in my hometown, and my parents used to work with them, and I learned a lot about that. Since I was a child, helping out, doing what I can, was something that fulfilled me.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.

We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.

UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.

I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've also done a lot of work for Broadway Care/Equity Fights AIDS. I think it's important because, when we can be of service to others, it only enhances our lives. I've been helped a lot in my life.

I love traveling around and talking to women in groups like the Girl Scouts, and being able to work with them is such an honor. For me, it's always about working really hard and being able to help other people, which is what I've done with both of my books.

Each year, I pick something new to learn. One year, it was learning how to knit, and I got 'The Sweethearts' Knitting Club' out of the experience. Another year, it was to volunteer at the local domestic abuse shelter, and I ended up volunteering there for three years.

We have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and we should help.

A lot of what I do around Houston is to find ways to lift people through literacy. It's become part of our family culture. Everyone in our family has found some way and capacity to serve. You don't necessarily need to be President or First Lady to serve and help.

I want to… help the young guys, help my teammates, help everybody be confident and make everybody feel like they're special.

I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.

I'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support Special Olympics - an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change.

It's a great job to have to try to spread the game, to spread joy, to help anybody out.

ADCOLOR is an incredible organization that not only empowers people from all backgrounds to rise up but also to give back.

Even when we were little, we were always helping, going to feed the homeless, community drives, that type of stuff.

I was always interested in working with people with disabilities, and in high school I worked with people who had Down Syndrome. That was for an agency called AHRC, Association for the Help of Retarded Children. Then I went to college, and throughout college I volunteered for AHRC.

I want to do something to help people.