Michael Jordan Quotes

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

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

Republicans buy sneakers, too.

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.

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. [...] The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

Isn't (life) all about trying?

We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?

It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away from home. That's a challenge to right there and that perks my competitive juices.

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.

Heart is what separates the good from the great.

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

Not every flying hero has a cape.

If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.

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.

If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

No brain, no gain. Stay in school.

Life is a sport...drink it up.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.

Success doesn't stop when you get there

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams.

My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk.

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.

Live the moment for the moment.

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

Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.

There's only one Michael Jordan.

I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.

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

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

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

If nobody will help you do it alone!

learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!

A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.

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; failure makes me work even harder.

I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.

Be optimistic about everything in life.

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

It doesn't matter if you win as long as you give everything in your heart