Quotes from Michael Jordan

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.

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

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

Winning isn't always championships.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.

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

I never thought a role model should be negative.

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

Drugs have been in the game for a long time. They were there when I was in college, and even in high school. It's in life. It's in business. It's everywhere.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

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.

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.

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.

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

If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.

I know the signs of scaredness.