Michael Jordan Quotes

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.

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.

I want to play for years.

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

I’ve never been afraid to fail.

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 never thought a role model should be negative.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.

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

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.

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.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

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

Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game.

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

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