Quotes By Michael Jordan

I like control.

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

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 never thought a role model should be negative.

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.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

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.

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

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.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

I'm patient.

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.

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

I want to play for years.

I know the signs of scaredness.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

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

It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.

There's only one Michael Jordan.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

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

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.