“If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit.”
— Michael Jordan
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
“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, and others make it happen.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”
“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”
“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.”
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
“Make it happen.”
“I didn’t come here to be average.”
“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.”
“If nobody will help you, do it alone.”
“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.”
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
“I’ve never lost a game. I just ran out of time.”
“Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.”
“Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.”
“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.”
“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.”
“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
“Work ethics eliminates fear.”
“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”
“If you don’t back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn’t mean a thing.”
“I’ve never been afraid to fail.”
“There is no ‘i’ in team but there is in win.”
“Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise”
“Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.”
“Live the moment for the moment.”
“Earn your leadership every day.”
“My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.”
“Being nervous isn’t bad. It just means something important is happening.”
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
“No brain, no gain. Stay in school.”
“All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.”
“It doesn’t matter if you fall down, it’s whether you get back up.”
“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.”
“Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.”
“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
“Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.”
“I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.”
“You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.”
“The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.”
“It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.”
“The key to success is failure.”
“If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
“Patience. I will become what I know I am.”
“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.”
“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.”
“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.”
“Winners don’t just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.”
“If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.”
“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”
“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
“Success isn’t something you chase. It’s something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it’ll come when you least expect it. Most people don’t understand that.”
“Nothing of value comes without being earned.”
“Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.”
“Don’t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.”
“I’ll quit competing when my heart quits beating.”
“Be optimistic about everything in life.”
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.”
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.”
“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.”
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you.”
“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”
“A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!”
“I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I’ve met, and I think that I thrive on that.”
“Being afraid on the court, means you’re not confident of your skills.”
“People ask me if I could fly, I said, ‘yeah... for a little while.’”
“There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?”
“Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game.”
“A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.”
“I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”
“Success doesn’t stop when you get there.”
“You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.”
“I have failed many times, but I have never gone into a game expecting myself to fail.”
“If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.”
“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”
“Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.”
“Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.”
“The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.”
“Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!”
“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.”
“I’m not afraid to take a step and if I fall, I fall. I pick myself up and move on. If we can all learn one thing in life, it’s don’t be afraid to take on something that you believe you’re capable of achieving.”
“Not every flying hero has a cape.”
“Since I’ve been in chiropractic, I’ve improved by leaps and bounds both mentally and physically.”
“I Own the guy guarding me.”
“Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
“We’re not winning because of talent. We’re just beating bad teams.”
“Basketball isn’t just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship between you and the ball, you and your teammates. If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.”
“If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.”
“I don’t know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.”
“It’s always been said that when I can’t find a way to do anything, I will find a way to do it.”
“I never thought a role model should be negative.”
“I realize that I’m black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that’s everybody’s wish. I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.”
“I’m sorry to see it end.”
“I’m retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%.”
“I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don’t get you the ball.”
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