Michael Jordan Quotes: Wisdom from the GOAT of Basketball

Michael Jeffrey Jordan popularly known as MJ, American former professional basketball Player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA. Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time stated in the official NBA website. Here we have listed with Michael Jordan Quotes.

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Success doesn’t stop when you get there.

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Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

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I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.

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Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

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Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates.

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Success doesn’t stop when you get there.

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If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them.

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There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail.

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Being afraid on the court means you’re not confident of your skills.

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I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

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Heart is what separates the good from the great.

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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.

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I’m not out there sweating for 3 hrs just to find out what it’s like to sweat.

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If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I wont look back and say that I was afraid to try.

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Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

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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.

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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.

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

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

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

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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.

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If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But 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.

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I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

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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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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

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Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.

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As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.

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There is no ‘i’ in team but there is in win.

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I never thought a role model should be negative.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

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My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.

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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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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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I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

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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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I’ve had tendinitis since college.

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I wasn’t really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

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I know the signs of sacredness.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation

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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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My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, “You never know what you can accomplish until you try.”

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Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.

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In reality, I never want to grow up.

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I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

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The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I’ve always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It’s been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It’s a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

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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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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

It’s a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.

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Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

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It is nerve-wracking watching my kids’ games.

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In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

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I can’t speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

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It’s hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it’s definitely impacted the league.

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One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don’t laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

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It’s a 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 and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can’t live with what everyone’s impression of what I should or what I shouldn’t do.

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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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I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

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Winning isn’t always championships.

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Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

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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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I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don’t know.

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When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me to move away from the game.

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We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

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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Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

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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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Short Bio of Michael Jordan

Jordan was born in Fort Greene, Brooklyn at Cumberland Hospital. When he was a toddler his Parents Deloris and James R.Jordan Sr moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan attended Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington. He started his athletic career by playing basketball, baseball, and football here.

He tried out for the varsity basketball team during his tenth grade, but he was only 5’11” height, he was too short to play at this level during that time. Michael Jordan Motivated himself to prove his worth. He joined Laney’s junior varsity team and tallied several 40-point games and become the star of the team.

Jordan became the star of Laney’s junior varsity team, and tallied several 40-point games. With his rigorous training and hard workout following summer. He grew four inches more and played very hardly and earned a spot on the varsity roster. On his high school play Jordan scored more than 25 points per game.

Jordan was recruited by numerous college basketball programs. Michael Jordan accepted a basketball scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981, here he completed his major on cultural geography.

Jordan played for two Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball teams. The team was coached by Bob Knight and featured players such as Patrick Ewing, Sam Perkins, Chris Mullin, Steve Alford, and Wayman Tisdale.

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