50 Best and Most Inspiring Quotes by Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all the time. He will always be remembered for his accomplishments in the game. Whether you’re a basketball fan or not, you can’t help loving Michael. He has helped inspire millions about life and career. He is one of the living self-improvement examples on this planet.
Here are some of the best quotes from Michael Jordan to inspire you and bring positivity in your life.
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The list of 50 Best Quotes by Michael Jordan
1.) “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.”
2.) “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.”
3.) “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
4.) “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.”
5.) “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
6.) “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
7.) “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.”
8.) “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
9.) “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
10.) “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.”
11.) “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”
12.) “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”
13.) “I’ve never been afraid to fail.”
14.) “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
15.) “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
16.) “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.”
17.) “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.”
18.) “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.”
19.) “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.”
20.) “Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.”
21.) “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”
22.) “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.”
23.) 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.
24.) There is no ‘i’ in team but there is in win.
25.) There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.
26.) “I want to be the bridge to the next generation.”
27.) “In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.”
28.) “Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you’re in a fight.”
29.) “I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else’s talent.”
30.) “I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.”
31.) “Live the moment for the moment.”
32.) “I realize that I’m black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody’s wish.”
33.) “When I will lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me to move away from the game.”
34.) “Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.”
35.) “Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”
36.) “If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
37.) “All I knew is that I never wanted to be average.”
38.) “I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”
39.) “If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit.”
40.) “Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost.”
41.) “When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.”
42.) “I wasn’t really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.”
43.) “They don’t need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that.”
44.) “What is love? Love is playing every game as if it’s your last!”
45.) “If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try.”
46.) “I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder the next time.”
47.) “My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.”
48.) “I’ve never lost a game, I just ran out of time.”
49.) “Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.”
50.) “I hope the millions of people I’ve touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and perseverance with a positive attitude.”
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