Michael Jordan
If I thought of the number of people who were watching me as I got ready to shoot, I?d miss it.Collection: Positive
Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.Collection: Basketball
There will be a player greater than me.Collection: Player
Live the moment for the moment.Collection: Inspirational
I am privileged to have played basketball.Collection: Basketball
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 better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.Collection: Basketball
I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.Collection: Athlete
I just feel that at this particular time in my career, I've reached the pinnacle of my career, I've achieved a lot in that short amount of time, if you want to call it short, but I just feel that I don't have anything else to myself to prove.Collection: Success
I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.Collection: Conscious
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.Collection: Moving
So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it to the next level. Don't just bend rims. Bend expectations. Let them see you and feel you and by the very virtue of your love, the truth in your game, they will hear you. Let your game speak.Collection: Basketball
If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.Collection: Mind
Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.Collection: Inspirational
Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening.Collection: Mean
No brain, no gain. Stay in school.Collection: School
I am competing with what I am capable of.Collection: Competing
People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.Collection: Fun
All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.Collection: Get Better
Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.Collection: Inspirational
Earn your leadership every day.Collection: Motivational
When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.Collection: Play
Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.Collection: Opportunity
I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.Collection: Teamwork
The greatest people that ever lived were also the greatest failures. They just didn’t let those failures affect them like they do most.Collection: People
Obstacles don't have to stop you.Collection: Obstacles
My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.Collection: Mothers Day
The key to success is failureCollection: Inspirational
Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivationCollection: Pain
There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?Collection: Positive
Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.Collection: Champion
When I got cut from the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that bad again. I never wanted to have that taste in my mouth, that hole in my stomach. So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the varsity.Collection: Sports
Patience. I will become what I know I am.Collection: Knows
If it turns out that my best wasn't good enough, at least I won't look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.Collection: Inspirational
A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.Collection: Loss
People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.Collection: Inspirational
I'm all about challenges and seeing if I can go out and see if I can achieve something. If at the end of the day I do it, great. If I don't, I can live with myself.Collection: Bad Day
Not every flying hero has a cape.Collection: Hero
I'm not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it's don't be afraid to take on something that you believe you're capable of achieving.Collection: Softball
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.Collection: People
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had themCollection: Basketball
My Father... He was there when I didn't understand, he was there when I was wrong, he was there when I cried, he was there when I lied. For some reason my dad was always there, when I needed him the most. His love was never ending. And now that he's gone there is an emptiness in my world, but not in my heart.Collection: Dad
learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!Collection: Positive
I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.Collection: Inspirational
I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.Collection: Years
Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammatesCollection: Basketball
It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.Collection: Way
You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.Collection: Commitment
It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.Collection: Success