Jordan Quotes

• Jordan has a strange, haunting beauty and a sense of timelessness. Dotted with the ruins of empires once great, it is the last resort of yesterday in the world of tomorrow. I love every inch of it.

  King Hussein I

  Beauty, Country, Yesterday

  "The Arab World", Arab Information Center, p. 30, 1965.

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• I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Want, Rebound

  FaceBook post by Dennis Rodman from Jul 22, 2016

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• Heaven knows that John the Baptist was not more eager to get all his fellow sinners into the Jordan than I to baptize all of mine in the beauty of God's mountains.

  John Muir

  Heaven, Mountain, Baptists

  John Muir, Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1979). “John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir”, p.86, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• I may be known as the girl who was sunbathing topless with a Prince but Jordan is known as that thick girl who always falls out of clubs drunk. I know which one I prefer.

  Jenny Frost

  Girl, Fall, Drunk

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• I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

  Kobe Bryant

  Motivational, Basketball, Want

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• The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan’s three-point explosion in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals against Portland is easily one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. As he made his sixth straight, he winked directly at (broadcast partner) Mike (Fratello) and me and held his palms up in a shrug, as if to say, What can I do?

  Marv Albert

  Nba, Games, Portland

  Marv Albert (1993). “I'd Love to But I Have a Game: 27 Years Without a Life”, Doubleday Books

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• If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

  Elgin Baylor

  Basketball, Greatness, Looks

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• I think there is a special bond between Carolina athletes. A lot of people seem to wear our gear because it is fashionable. They love the colors. It's Michael Jordan's school!

  Lorrie Fair

  Athlete, School, Thinking

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• Well, unless you're Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan, you need the full support of your team.

  Greg Louganis

  Teamwork, Support, Needs

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• To put it another way, Michael Jordan was a gym rat.

  Frank Shorter

  Sports, Gym Rats, Way

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• That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.

  Ian Hart

  Film

  "I'm no scouse specialist" by Claire Armitstead, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2001.

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• Michael Jordan always wore his Carolina shorts under his Bulls' uniform.

  Lorrie Fair

  Bulls, Uniforms, Carolina

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• For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

  Franz Beckenbauer

  Inspirational, Basketball, Years

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• You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don't have to. It's that simple.

  Phil Knight

  Simple, Shows, Seconds

  "High-Performance Marketing: An Interview with Nike's Phil Knight" by Phil KnightGeraldine E. Willigan, hbr.org. July 1, 1992.

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• The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Thinking, People

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• I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.

  King Hussein I

  Simple, Israel, Lines

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• As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Inspirational, Basketball, Team

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• I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

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• Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Inspirational, Basketball, Team

  "TalkAsia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 8, 2005.

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• Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

  Lee Trevino

  Basketball, Sports, Player

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• And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine

  Tom Selleck

  Hero, Accomplished, Barbara

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• Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities.

  Aries Spears

  Comedy, Range, Ability

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• Getting up at three in the morning to watch Michael Jordan, I never dreamed one day I would be kissing that trophy.

  Tony Parker

  Morning, Kissing, One Day

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• Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day.

  Reggie Miller

  Worst, Worst Day, Ten

  "Reggie Miller: 'Michael Jordan on his worst day is 10 times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day'" by Nick Schwartz, ftw.usatoday.com. December 16, 2014.

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• Michael Jordan told me the way he kept the crown was by always outworking everyone else because he knew everyone was always coming after him. You can sneak up on people when you are 18, 19, 20. It's tougher when you're established. Before, I'd see 13, 14, 15 pitches that I could drive in a game. Now, I see one, two or three, so I have to be better.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Games, Two, People

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