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Michael Jordan is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he made the game-winning shot in the 1982 ... show more

 I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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.
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 I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
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 [Jerry Krause] said organizations win championships. I said, "I didn't see organizations playing with the flu in Utah."

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 Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

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 I was raised by parents who taught me to love and respect people regardless of their race or background, so I am saddened and frustrated by the divisive rhetoric and racial tensions that seem to be getting worse as of late. I know this country is better than that, and I can no longer stay silent. We need to find solutions that ensure people of color receive fair and equal treatment AND that police officers – who put their lives on the line every day to protect us all – are respected and supported.

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

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

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

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 Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

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 I've missed more than 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.

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 I've reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don't have anything else to prove. When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense of 'to prove something' as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game of basketball.

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 One of the fundamental rights this country is founded on was freedom of speech, and we have a long tradition of nonviolent, peaceful protest. Those who exercise the right to peacefully express themselves should not be demonized or ostracized.

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 Enjoy every minute of life.

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 I never thought a role model should be negative.

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

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 Winning isn't always championships.

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

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 I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

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

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 You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

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

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 Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 I've never been afraid to fail.

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 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.

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

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

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

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 I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

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 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.

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 In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

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 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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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 We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

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 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.

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

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 I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

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

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 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.'

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 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.

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

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 For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

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 I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

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