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Life is a sport...drink it up.
Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan
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I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.
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But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'
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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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I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is.
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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 know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.
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I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.
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Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if
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I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.
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I didn't come here to be average.
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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.
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You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.
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The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.
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Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.
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I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.
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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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Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
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