Basketball Quote by Phil Jackson

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be…

— B. J. Armstrong

Michael Jordan makes you bring your game to another level. That's why I loved competing against him.

— John Starks

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

People see Michael Jordan as a great basketball player, but he's a great businessman, too.

— Harrison Barnes

I think there is so many elements of the culture of basketball that Jordan leads in and has been a leader over the years…

— Maya Moore

When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other…

— Steve Alford

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

— Lee Trevino

Obviously I'm not to where Michael Jordan is, but trying to get to some level where he was and just striving for the best.…

— Michael Oher

“Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In fact, in one of his favorite ads for Nike, he says: “I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots.…

— Carol S. Dweck

Not only do I admire Jordan's accomplishments and his phenomenal basketball ability, but also the way he has conducted himself on and off the…

— Elgin Baylor

I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan.

— Bobby Knight

Michael Jordan was a great individual and a great player. You can't say enough about what he brought to the game. He took the…

— John Starks