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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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: Determination
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Talent, Intelligence, One liners
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: Trust, Win, Entrepreneurs, Life, Failure, Success
There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Failure, Fear
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
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
—Michael Jordan
Topics: Communication, Creativity, Expectation
I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.
—Michael Jordan
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