Michael Jordan Quotes

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

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

It's always been said that when I can't find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation

Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.

I am competing with what I am capable of.

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

I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

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

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I've never been afraid to fail.

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

I want to play for years.

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.

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

I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know.

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

Winning isn't always championships.

I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.

I'll quit competing when my heart quits beating

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail

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 truly for the love of the game of basketball.

Once I get the ball, you're at my mercy. There is nothing you can say or do about it. I own the ball.

If you don't back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn't mean a thing.

If I thought of the number of people who were watching me as I got ready to shoot, I?d miss it.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

You believe an eye for an eye until you are put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it really doesn't mean much to me. My father is gone.

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.

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.

You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you.

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.

I took cooking classes when I was younger; girls weren't interested in me, and I thought I may be alone for the rest of my life.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.

It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up.

It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.

The greatest people that ever lived were also the greatest failures. They just didn’t let those failures affect them like they do most.

I didn't come here to be average.

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

I am privileged to have played basketball.

I know the signs of scaredness.

In reality, I never want to grow up.

There will be a player greater than me.

I am free to make anything I want as long as I think it will sell.

Basketball isn't my job.