Michael Jordan Quotes - Page 5

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• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Sports, Pain

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• People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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

  Michael Jordan

  Positive, Teacher, Pain

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• Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.

  Michael Jordan

  Champion, Minutes, Enjoy

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

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• Be optimistic about everything in life.

  Michael Jordan

  Optimistic, Being Optimistic

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• I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the love of the game of basketball.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Money, Passion

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• It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

  Michael Jordan

  Success, Sports, Way

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• The key to success is failure

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Nba, Keys

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• 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

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• 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.

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• I never thought a role model should be negative.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Role Models, Negative

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• I'm all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don't, I can live with myself.

  Michael Jordan

  Bad Day, Challenges, The End Of The Day

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

  Michael Jordan

  Positive, Fear, Failure

  Michael Jordan (2012). “Driven from Within”, p.132, Simon and Schuster

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• My Father... He was there when I didn't understand, he was there when I was wrong, he was there when I cried, he was there when I lied. For some reason my dad was always there, when I needed him the most. His love was never ending. And now that he's gone there is an emptiness in my world, but not in my heart.

  Michael Jordan

  Dad, Father, Heart

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• I've had tendinitis since college.

  Michael Jordan

  College

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• 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

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• The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Loyalty

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• I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.

  Michael Jordan

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Mind, Body

  "Your First Year a Rookie's Journey in Coaching". Book by Jason O. Smith (p. 8), August 18, 2009.

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

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Nba, Trying

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

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• I am competing with what I am capable of.

  Michael Jordan

  Competing, Capable

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

  Michael Jordan

  Leader, Quality, Classroom

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

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• Life is a sport...drink it up.

  Michael Jordan

  Sports, Funeral, Life Is

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• 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.

  Michael Jordan

  Commitment, Levels, Rewards

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