Michael Jordan Quotes

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

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.

People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening.

It's not about the shoes, it's what you do in them.

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.

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.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

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.

Since I've been in chiropractic, I've improved by leaps and bounds both mentally and physically.

Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else

If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.

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.

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.

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

Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.

Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.

Failure makes me work even harder.

The key to success is failure

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

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

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.

Work ethics eliminates fear.

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.

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.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant.

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

I'm all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don't, I can live with myself.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

I've had tendinitis since college.

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

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.

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker. I am a ... nothin' ... I'm old school.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

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

If you pass the ball to Bill Cartwright, you'll never get the ball from me.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.

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.

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.