Michael Jordan
You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan
If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.
Michael Jordan
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Success isn´t something you chase. It is something you have to put forth the effort for constantly; then maybe it´ll come when you least expect it.
Michael Jordan
Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.
Michael Jordan
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
Michael Jordan
If it turns out that my best wasn´t good enough, at least I won´t look back and say that I was afraid to try.
Michael Jordan
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
Michael Jordan
I´ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.
Michael Jordan
To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.
Michael Jordan
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of negative result.
Michael Jordan
The minute you get away from fundamentals– whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation– the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.
Michael Jordan
The key to success is failure.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Failure makes me work even harder.
Michael Jordan
Make It Happen
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
I never thought a role model should be negative.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
I´ve never been afraid to fail.
Michael Jordan
I realize im black, but I´d like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybody´s wish.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Michael Jordan
I Own the guy guarding me.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
I´m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
Michael Jordan
Even when I´m old and grey, I won´t be able to play it, but I´ll still love the game.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.
Michael Jordan
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
Michael Jordan
Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.
Michael Jordan
I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.
Michael Jordan
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Michael Jordan
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can´t accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
Don´t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.
Michael Jordan
There is no “I” in team but there is in win.
Michael Jordan
My heroes are and were my parents. I can´t see having anyone else as my heroes.
Michael Jordan
The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.
Michael Jordan
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Michael Jordan
People ask me if I could fly, I said, “yeah… for a little while”.
Michael Jordan
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
Michael Jordan
My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.
Michael Jordan
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.
Michael Jordan
Live the moment for the moment.
Michael Jordan
But my drive to win is so great… I just step over that line… It´s very embarrassing,… one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say,… I was stupid.
Michael Jordan
What is love? Love is playing every game as if it´s your last!
Michael Jordan
I can´t accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn´t stand the sideline.
Michael Jordan
It´s heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can,… People may not agree with that… I can´t live with what everyone´s impression of what I should or what I shouldn´t do.”
Michael Jordan
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
Michael Jordan
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren´t willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that 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.
Michael Jordan
