Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Associationfor the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 February 1963
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.
Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else
Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Earn your leadership every day.
My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
There are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
Look me in the eye. It’s ok if you’re scared. So am I. But we are scared for different reasons. I am scared of what I won’t become. And you are scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won’t let myself end where I started. I won’t let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, even if you can’t see it yet. Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage. I have patience. I will become what I know I am.
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