Michael Jordan Quotes - Page 6

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.

Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates

Maybe it’s my own fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe I made you think my highlights started at the free throw line, and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game winner. That my game was built on flash, and not fire. Maybe it’s my fault that you didn’t see that failure gave me strength; that my pain was my motivation. Maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a God given gift, and not something I worked for every single day of my life. Maybe I destroyed the game. Or maybe you’re just making excuses.

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.

My attitude going into training camp as a rookie was to impress. I wanted to impress my teammates, my coaches, the owners, everybody. I wanted them to say, ?This kid is special. This kid has the right mind, the right skills, the right motivation?.

I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.

Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.

Be optimistic about everything in life.

I didn't come here to be average.

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.

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail

If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

Since I've been in chiropractic, I've improved by leaps and bounds both mentally and physically.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

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.

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

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

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.

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

Success doesn't stop when you get there

Isn't (life) all about trying?

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

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball.