Quote

I am competing with what I am capable of.

Michael Jordan

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Michael Jordan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 17
Autobiographer
Baseball Player
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Spokesperson
Brooklyn
New York
Air Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
His Airness
Competing
Capable

More quotes by Michael Jordan

Image
The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan included, and they always will be. I hope that today players, especially our young players, continue to recognize that simple fact. Nothing is more important than the game itself and the fans who support it.
Michael Jordan
Image
The key to success is failure
Michael Jordan
Image
My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk.
Michael Jordan
Image
Heart is what separates the good from the great.
Michael Jordan
Image
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.
Michael Jordan
Image
It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.
Michael Jordan
Image
If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!
Michael Jordan
Image
Failure builds muscle, determination, and dreams.
Michael Jordan
Image
We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?
Michael Jordan
Image
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.
Michael Jordan
Image
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.
Michael Jordan
Image
My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.
Michael Jordan
Image
If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.
Michael Jordan
Image
I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.
Michael Jordan
Image
Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.
Michael Jordan
Image
I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.
Michael Jordan
Image
If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.
Michael Jordan
Image
I basically expect anything. Isn't that wild? I used to surprise myself a lot: certain moves, how I'd get out of trouble. But at some point, you accept the talent that you have, you accept your creativity.
Michael Jordan
Image
How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.
Michael Jordan
Image
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.
Michael Jordan