Michael Jordan Quotes

I always thought I would be a professional athlete. I always loved sports. I knew one thing I didn't want was a job. Me and working were never best friends. I enjoyed playing.

~ Michael Jordan

Interview with Playboy (1992)

I always wanted to go to UCLA. That was my dream school, because when I was growing up, they were a great team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, John Wooden. But I never got recruited by UCLA.

~ Michael Jordan

Interview with Playboy (1992)

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

~ Michael Jordan

I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence. (1994)

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

~ Michael Jordan

How to be like Mike (2005)

Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion

~ Michael Jordan

Hall of Fame induction address, 2009

I've reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don't have anything else to prove.

~ Michael Jordan

Announcing his retirement from the Bulls on October 6, 1993

I'm retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%.

~ Michael Jordan

1999

At the end of the day, the team's got to go out and play. I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

~ Michael Jordan

By no means in this world can you ever live up someone else's expectations of who you are.

~ Michael Jordan

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

I've missed over 9,000 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.

~ Michael Jordan

My competitive nature is I want to succeed. It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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

There will be a player greater than me.

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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

~ Michael Jordan

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