Michael Jordan

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

Michael Jordan

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.

Michael Jordan

When I play against someone that’s new in the league, I make him respect me. They may have heard about me, but now you get to see me actually in front of you. That drives me.

Michael Jordan

When I step onto the court, I’m ready to play. If you’re going up against me, you’d better be ready. If you’re not going to compete, I will dominate you.

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

When I worked on my game, that’s what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

Basketball isn’t my job.

Michael Jordan

Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I’m not black enough… Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?

Michael Jordan