Michael Jordan Quotes

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Michael Jordan

Profession : Basketball Player

Birth : February 17, 1963

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

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

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

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

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

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

Michael Jordan

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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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

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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'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.

Michael Jordan

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

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

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

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Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

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

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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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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.

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