Michael Jordan Quotes

If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!

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

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

I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.

You have to be able to say, OK, that happened back then. Now let's take it from here and see what happens. It would be very easy to hate people for the rest of your life, and some people have done that. You've got to deal with what's happening now and try to make things better.

The key to success is failure

The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.

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.

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.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Nothing of value comes without being earned.

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

People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.

It's 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, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

I know the signs of scaredness.

I Own the guy guarding me

Winning isn't always championships.

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.

Success doesn't stop when you get there

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

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

If nobody will help you do it alone!

I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.

In reality, I never want to grow up.

I'll quit competing when my heart quits beating

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

My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.

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

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

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.

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

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.

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.

I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

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.