Michael Jordan Quotes About Goals

Quotes about: Goals

• There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Games, Goal

  "Q&A: Michael Jordan on high school and the Jordan Classic". Interview with Christopher Lawlor, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 14, 2005.

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

  Michael Jordan

  Goal, Steps, Enough

  "How to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball's Best". Book by Michael Weinreb and Pat Williams, 2001.

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Positive, Attitude, Optimistic

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

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Accomplishment, Goal

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

  Michael Jordan

  Fun, Goal, Like Me

• When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.

  Michael Jordan

  Sports, Team, School

  "I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan, 1994.

• I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Teamwork, Winning, Games

• When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspiring, Motivation, Games

  "I can't accept not trying : Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence". Book by Michael Jordan, 1994.

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

  Michael Jordan

  Goal, Agendas, Want

  Michael Jordan (2012). “Driven from Within”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

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

  Michael Jordan

  Nba, Careers, Goal

  "N.B.A. Board Approves Jordan’s Purchase of the Bobcats" by Richard Sandomir, www.nytimes.com. March 17, 2010.

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