Michael Jordan Quotes

“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.”

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

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

“There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.”

“Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.”

“Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you.”

“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.”

“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.”