Quotes About Excellence

I want to be the Denzel of acting and the Michael Jackson of music.

If you don't think it's possible to win five golds, go talk to Michael Phelps.

Michael Phelps is a beast. He's like a human fish.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.

Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if you believe that you are, then you're almost as good as being that.

If you were the greatest, you were the Michael Jordan of whatever business you were in.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

If I would compare anybody to Michael Jordan, it would be Kobe Bryant.

You wanted to compete against Michael Jordan, because they were the best. You wanted to beat them. Never once in my mind, I went, 'I would love to play with him.' I was always like, 'Man, we've got to beat them.'

I think we always look up to legends and people who not only win but give us a larger than life role model... I think Michael Jordan is this, someone who became bigger than his sport.

I always found it a great challenge playing against Michael Jordan, to play against Magic Johnson, to play against Larry Bird, to play against all those good players because it's something that you can take away from it.

He made the game look easy. But being Michael Jordan, and all that came with it, that wasn't easy.

Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.

Hopefully, one day, I'll be up there with Michael Jordan.

This is to LeBron James: If you want to be the best, get rid of the comparisons. Get rid of all the comparisons that are out there. That's what Michael Jordan did.

For all that Michael Jordan could run, jump and entertain, he is best known for one thing: He won. If you want to be a great player in this league, you have to focus on one thing - the bottom line, which is winning.

Michael Jordan was going to do whatever was ever necessary, and certainly I can say without question, he was going to achieve and stop playing whenever he wanted to stop playing.

Michael Jordan was the greatest practice player I've ever seen.

When I started playing, my mom said there were three players she wanted me to watch - Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan.

People see Michael Jordan as a great basketball player, but he's a great businessman, too.

I'm the fights sports' athlete version of what Michael Jordan could be.

My first Asian role model was Michelle Kwan. Her beauty comes from within. She's also really beautiful on the outside. But when I first saw her ice-skate, her performance was so moving and beautiful that she just glowed.

Michelle Kwan was an inspiration for everyone, including me.