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I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
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I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.
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I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.
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The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. [...] The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.
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Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.
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You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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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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I didn't come here to be average.
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You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.
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When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.
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I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.
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A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!
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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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Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates
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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them
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Life is a sport...drink it up.
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It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.
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There will be a player greater than me.
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You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to me. My father is gone.
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Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball.
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