Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness! — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I don't go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Basketball isn't just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Suddenly all is quiet. The other nine players? They're all moving in slow motion! I'm at normal speed! I know where everyone's… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away… — Michael Jordan Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that Ive met and I think that I thrive… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I can accept failure everyone fails at something but what I can't accept is not trying. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
