Michael Jordan Quotes About Winning

Quotes about: Winning

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Games, Careers

• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

• There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Teamwork

• 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

• Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

• I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Real

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Success, Basketball, Inspirational Sports

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

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Sports, Heart

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Winning

• 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

  Basketball, Teamwork, Thinking

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

• I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come back and win the game, we're walking off the floor. Tex (Winter) looks at me and says "There's no "I" in team!" I looked at Tex and say, "There's not, but there's an 'I' in win!

  Michael Jordan

  Team, Winter, Winning

  NBA Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech, genius.com. 2009.

• 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

• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Firsts, Championship

  "One-on-One with Michael Jordan". Interview with Marvin R. Shanken, www.cigaraficionado.com. July/August 2005.

• But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Regret, Stupid

• Winning isn't always championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Champion, Championship

  "Jordan returns to NBA". www.wired.com. September 25, 2001.

• I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

  Michael Jordan

  Winning, Player, Thinking

• Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

  Michael Jordan

  Running, Winning, Mirrors

• We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams.

  Michael Jordan

  Team, Winning, Teammate

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