Michael Jeffrey Jordan (b.1963) is a retired American basketball player, also famous as a valuable endorser and an entrepreneur. He is the most skilled and the most successful player in the history of professional basketball.
Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls (1984–93 and 1995–98) and led them to six titles. He also played for the Washington Wizards (2001–03.) He was the National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player five times. He won gold twice with the U.S. Olympic basketball team.
Jordon’s charm, together with his astonishing sportsmanship skills and competitive spirit, heightened public interest in basketball and sports in general. His popularity helped generate extraordinary revenues for teams and players.
Jordan co-authored the biographies Rare Air (1993) and For the Love of the Game (1998.)
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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Enjoyment
I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.
—Michael Jordan
There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Failure, Fear, Fail
My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Heroism, Heroes, Parents, Heroes/Heroism
I never thought a role model should be negative.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Role models
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Sports, Talent, Intelligence, Teamwork, One liners
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. … Failure always made me try harder next time.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Achievement, Success & Failure, Illusion
My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Body
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Communication, Expectation, Creativity
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Wife, Loyalty
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot…And I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely…Why I succeed.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Failure, Trust, Entrepreneurs, Career, Success, Life, Fail, Win
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Expectation, Doing Your Best, Confidence
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
Topics: Work
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
Topics: Achieving, Determination
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 realize that I’m black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody’s wish.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Racism, Race
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