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Michael Jordan reminds us that mastering basics and putting in steady effort keeps a game solid. He says the sport rewards honesty and will match any shortcuts you try. He also stresses that true commitment can’t be turned on and off; it must stay strong every day.

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It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.

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

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What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

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I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.

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I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

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

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I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

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The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. [...] The game now has…

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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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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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If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and…

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You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of…

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

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When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to…

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So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the…

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You have to be uncompromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as…

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We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us…

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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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There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a…

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It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away…

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Basketball isn't just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship…

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It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and…

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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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Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach…

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Maybe it’s my own fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe I made you think…

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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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Drugs have been in the game for a long time. They were there when I was in college, and even in high…

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My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed…

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The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry…

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The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself…

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I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball…

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You know what I think? Very few people play because they love the game. Most of them play because they make good…

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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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I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to…

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When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal…

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I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start…

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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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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the…

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I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come…

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I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

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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…

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Work ethics eliminates fear.

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…