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Football Quotes by Michael Jordan

67 Football quotes by Michael Jordan

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Michael Jordan’s football quotes stress playing the whole game, not just scoring, staying true to the sport, and choosing teammates who love the game over those who don’t. He also talks about competing with his own abilities, the physics of a basketball’s arc, and how the NBA is bigger than any single player.

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Life is a sport...drink it up.

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There's only one Michael Jordan.

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Basketball isn't my job.

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“There is no "I" in team.”

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Jordan is a beast

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Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.

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Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.

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Winning isn't always championships.

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I am privileged to have played basketball.

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I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

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There will be a player greater than me.

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

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

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My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk.

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I don't go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score.

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

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It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

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It doesn't matter if you win as long as you give everything in your heart

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It doesn't matter who scores. If you have an opportunity to score, you score.

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Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

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I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

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When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world,…

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When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I…

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Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes…

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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…

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I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't…

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Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back…

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We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill…

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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…

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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…

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There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players…

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People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for…

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I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that Ive met and I think that I thrive…

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I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of…

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My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when…

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The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person,…

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The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and…

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Can I still dunk... Are you stupid?

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We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams.

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If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

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I can accept failure everyone fails at something but what I can't accept is not trying.

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…

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up…

All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.

“He fallado una y otra vez en mi vida, por eso he conseguido el éxito.”

I'd take 12 guys who had a strong passion for the game over 12 guys who don't respect the game.

The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan…