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
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
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.
To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.
When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.
The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.
Winning isn't always championships.
Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.
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.
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 don't want this to feel like a funeral.
I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
I am hooked. Next year, I am looking to expand the team, looking to compete. I want to win.