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There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
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Brooklyn
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan
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We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and fifteen or an hour and thirty minutes to drive. So now I'm sitting in a car for almost an hour and a half and I'm very tense. I'm worried about the traffic. So I started smoking a cigar going to the games.
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If you don't back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn't mean a thing.
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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.
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There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
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