Michael Jordan Quotes

"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."

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

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

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

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."

"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."

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Limits, like fear, is often an illusion."

"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."

"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.'"

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"Winning isn't always championships."

"As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day."

"I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball."

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