When looking for Michael Jordan quotes you will notice that they are plentiful on the internet. There are many who claim to have the most famous lines or quotes, however, when it comes to the actual player, none of them say what they actually did.
The quotes are all general statements made about sports and life in general. Some have great meaning and motivation behind them and some mean absolutely nothing at all. But here are some Michael Jordan quotes that has everyone talking. This article will show you the most popular quotes by Michael Jordan that guaranteed success.
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Motivational Michael Jordan Quotes
“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.” – Michael Jordan
“There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, & I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.” – Michael Jordan
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – 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
“I mean we all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.” – Michael Jordan
“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.”
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – 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
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!” – Michael Jordan
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” – Michael Jordan
“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.” – Michael Jordan
“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.” – Michael Jordan
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
“Don’t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.” – Michael Jordan
“Make it happen” – Michael Jordan
“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.” – Michael Jordan
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.” – Michael Jordan
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan
“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.” – Michael Jordan
“In reality, I never want to grow up.” – Michael Jordan
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.” – Michael Jordan
“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.” – Michael Jordan
“In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.” – Michael Jordan
“For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you’ve accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.” – Michael Jordan
“My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, to dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.” – Michael Jordan
“Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I’ve done? No.” – Michael Jordan
“I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who love challenges.” – Michael Jordan
“I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else’s talent.” – Michael Jordan
“Even when I’m old and gray, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game.” – Michael Jordan
“I know the signs of scaredness.” – Michael Jordan
“It’s absolutely wrong that I don’t want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren’t in the room.” – Michael Jordan
“Live the moment for the moment.” – Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan Quotes About Goals
“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.”
“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.”
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
“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.”
“Winning isn’t always championships.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”
Michael Jordan Quotes About Trying
“Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.” – Michael Jordan
“The best come from the worst.” – Michael Jordan
“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… When you think about the consequences you will always think of the negative result.” – Michael Jordan
“I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.” – Michael Jordan
“My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.” – Michael Jordan
“The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.” – Michael Jordan
“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder the next time.” – Michael Jordan
“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try.” – Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan Quotes Teamwork
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“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.”
“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’ve never lost a game, I just ran out of time.”
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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.”
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try.”
“Heart is what separates the good from the great.”
“Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.”
“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.”
“I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”
“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.”
“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.”
Michael Jordan quotes teamwork
