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
Over the next two years, we'll see a lot of change,
I don't want this to feel like a funeral.
He had no idea what was going on here. I feel sorry for the guy.
We had felt that a merger with another consulting firm might create a stronger entity, ... That turned out to be probably too big a bite for the other consulting firm.
We gave up two five-on-three goals. And that really hurt us.
I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot . . . when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
They should have never made that call, ... They complained about the refs all year.
I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot . . . and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.
The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
I've had tendinitis since college.
I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.