Famous Quotes By Michael Jordan

 

1. Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
2. 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.
3. Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
4. For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
5. Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
6. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
7. I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
8. 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.
9. I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.
10. 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.
11. I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.
12. I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.
13. If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
14. 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.
15. In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
16. I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
17. I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
18. 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.
19. Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
20. Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
24. The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
25. The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
26. 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.
27. 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.