Quotes By Michael Jordan

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

I've never been afraid to fail.

In reality, I never want to grow up.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.

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.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

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.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

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.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

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.

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.

There is no "i" in team but there is in win.