Michael jordan quotes

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!

Nothing of value comes without being earned.

If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker. I am a ... nothin' ... I'm old school.

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

The reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.

Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams.

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.

All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.

Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.

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.

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.

So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it to the next level. Don't just bend rims. Bend expectations. Let them see you and feel you and by the very virtue of your love, the truth in your game, they will hear you. Let your game speak.

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

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

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

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

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.

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

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

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

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

The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

Failure makes me work even harder.

If nobody will help you do it alone!

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

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.

Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening.

You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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

Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

Look me in the eye. It’s ok if you’re scared. So am I. But we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I won’t become. And you are scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won’t let myself end where I started. I won’t let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, even if you can’t see it yet. Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage. I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.

My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

I'll quit competing when my heart quits beating

Earn your leadership every day.

Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.

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

No brain, no gain. Stay in school.

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

I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So if you put forth the work, what are you fearing? You know what you're capable of doing and what you're not.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

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.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

The best come from the worst

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.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.

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.

It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.

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

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

It's not about the shoes, it's what you do in them.

I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

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

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

Work ethics eliminates fear.

When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else

Not every flying hero has a cape.

I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if

Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant.

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

Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared... Excellence isn't a one-week or one-year ideal. It's a constant. There will be days when you don't feel on top of your game, or meetings in which you aren't at your best, but your commitment remains constant. No compromises.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.

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

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.

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

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

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

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.

If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.

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

I am competing with what I am capable of.

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.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

The key to success is failure

I didn't come here to be average.

I've had tendinitis since college.

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

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?.