30 greatest Michael Jordan Quotes on Everything

Michael
Jordan retired from basketball twice prior to his final retirement after 2002 –
2003 season. He ended his career with 32,292 total points and a
30.12-points-per-game average, which was the best in league history, as well as
2,514 steals, the second most ever.

In 2006
Jordan became minority owner and general manager of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. He bought a controlling
interest in the team in 2010 and became the first former NBA player to become a
majority owner of one of the league’s franchises.

Here are some of his greatest both as a player and a businessman.

1.”If
you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
 
2.”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. That is why I succeed.”
 
3.”I
realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be
aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.”
 
4.”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.”
 
5.”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.”
 
6.”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.”

7.”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.”
 
8.”I
believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to
era.”
 
9.”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.”
 
10.”I
play because I love the game. I work hard because I love winning.”
 
11.”I
want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just
scoring. A guy who loved challenges.”
 
12.”I
never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about
the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
 
13.”My
heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my
heroes.”
 
14.”Talent
wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” 
 
15.”I
believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to
era.”
 
16.”My
father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do.
And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.”
 
17.”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.”

 
18.”Never
say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” 
 
19.”The
minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work
ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your
schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.”
 
20.”It’s
heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out
there and play the game of basketball as best I can. People may not agree with
that. I can’t live with what everyone’s impression of what I should or what I
shouldn’t do.”
 
21.”There
is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is
only one greatest player either.”
 
22.”My
mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on,
and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.”