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A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.

Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
Autobiographer
Baseball Player
Basketball Player
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Brooklyn
New York
Air Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
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