Top 100 Michael Jordan Quotes
#1. The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
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#2. The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
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#3. I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.
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#4. Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates
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#6. We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams.
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#7. If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
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#8. I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
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#9. It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.
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#10. You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good money. They keep playing because of the money. I could care less about it. If I don't love the game, no check is going to keep me playing.
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#11. If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.
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#13. The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.
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#15. I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.
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#16. I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
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#17. Suddenly all is quiet. The other nine players? They're all moving in slow motion! I'm at normal speed! I know where everyone's going even before they know themselves. The basket is huge, maybe six feet across! How can I miss? It's like throwing a rock into a pond.
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#19. Michael Jordan is sort of ... the hip-hop version of Dr. J
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#21. When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.
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#22. I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error. It was scary and exciting at first you don't know what to expect. But once you look into your child's eyes, you forget about that.
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#23. 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.
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#24. I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.
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#25. I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.
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#26. Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
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#27. Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough ... Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?
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#29. I've reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don't have anything else to prove.
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#30. In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
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#31. I took cooking classes when I was younger; girls weren't interested in me, and I thought I may be alone for the rest of my life.
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#32. You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.
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#33. It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.
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#34. If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
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#35. I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.
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#36. People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.
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#37. I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
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#38. My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
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#40. Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!
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#41. How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.
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#42. To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.
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#43. It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.
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#44. When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.
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#45. Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.
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#47. I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.
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#48. You remember what you said in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance.
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#49. I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.
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#50. There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
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#51. 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.
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#53. The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me ...
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#54. I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.
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#55. People can fly. Some people fly higher than others, that's all.
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#56. I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.
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#58. The greatest people that ever lived were also the greatest failures. They just didn't let those failures affect them like they do most.
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#59. It's not about the shoes, it's what you do in them.
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#61. Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, ... Driven From Within.
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#64. The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.
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#66. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.
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#67. I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come back and win the game, we're walking off the floor. Tex (Winter) looks at me and says "There's no "I" in team!" I looked at Tex and say, "There's not, but there's an 'I' in win!
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#68. Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.
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#69. Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
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#72. I failed over and over and over and that is why I succeed.
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#73. When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.
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#75. I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it ... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.
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#76. It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.
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#77. My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.
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#79. A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!
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#81. What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!
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#82. When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.
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#83. It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up.
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#84. People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah ... ' for a little while.
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#85. I set another goal ... a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.
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#86. Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.
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#87. I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket.
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#88. A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.
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#89. We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.
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#91. Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
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#92. I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork ... Determination ... I gotta keep pushing myself.
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#93. You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.
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#95. I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'm old school.
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#96. It doesn't matter if you win as long as you give everything in your heart
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#97. I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.
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#98. Failure I can accept, what I can not accept is not trying
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#100. Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.
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