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Michael Jordan

17-Feb-1963

United States

Athlete

Michael Jeffrey Jordan was America's first professional basketball player, Olympic athlete, entrepreneur and actor. Considered one of the best basketball players, he dominated sports from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Jordan's father, James, introduced him to baseball and built a basketball court behind them. James was killed in the summer of 1993 when two young girls shot him in his car and robbed as he was leaving Charlotte in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jordan began his professional basketball career when he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association championships and won the National Valuable Player Award five times. With five regular-season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan became the most decorated player in the NBA. In the 19 years since starting his professional basketball career, Jordan has retired from the sport three times. He retired in 1993 and again in 1998, finally tying his jersey in 2003.

QUOTES BY Michael Jordan

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

I’ve missed more than 9000 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.

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

Inspirational

“The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.”

Inspirational

“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.”

Inspirational

“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.”

Thoughtful

“I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”

Thoughtful

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

Attitude

“I’ve missed more than 9000 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.”