Talk:Michael Jordan

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Clean up? edit

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It appears that many of these quotes may not actually be from Michael Jordan but rather from a book authored by Pat Williams and is a study of Jordan's life and how he succeeds. Ebt66 (talk) 12:46, 18 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Wikiquote no longer allows unsourced quotations, and they are in process of being removed from our pages (see Wikiquote:Limits on quotations); but if you can provide a reliable and precise source for any quote on this list please move it to Michael Jordan.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hard work…Determination…I gotta keep pushing myself.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me…. Failure always made me try harder next time.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot…when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either. Everyone plays in different eras. I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent. I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era. Without Julius Erving, David Thompson, Walter Davis, and Elgin Baylor there would never have been a Michael Jordan. I evolved from them.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

With what was happening over the last week it was very embarrassing.because I am human just like anybody else and everyone treats me like I were god or something.
- (1995-03-20)

Basketball lovers are letting 'Michelangelo' walk away from the game while he's still an artist.
- Phil Jackson, on his reaction to Michael Jordan's first retirement.