Michael Jordan Quotes

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.

Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.

As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers. I grieve with the families who have lost loved ones, as I know their pain all too well.

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.

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

"Devemos ter sempre em mente que há um "preço a ser pago", um longo caminho a ser percorrido. O comprometimento com o processo, com nossas equipes e nossas metas nos faz seguir em frente, continuar lutando e nos dedicando, mesmo diante de grandes dificuldades, na busca permanente de nossos objetivos."

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.

Whenever they speak Michael Jordan, they should speak Scottie Pippen.

Not every flying hero has a cape.

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.

My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.

Make It Happen.

"Devemos ter sempre em mente que há um "preço a ser pago", um longo caminho a ser percorrido. O comprometimento com o pro- cesso, com nossas equipes e nossas metas nos faz seguir em frente, continuar lutando e nos dedicando, mesmo diante de grandes dificuldades, na busca permanente de nos- sos objetivos."

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

The key to success is failure.