Quotes by Michael Jordan

About Michael Jordan:

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is an American former professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

I've never been afraid to fail.

Michael Jordan

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

Michael Jordan

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.

Michael Jordan

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Michael Jordan

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

Michael Jordan

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

Michael Jordan

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

Michael Jordan

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

Michael Jordan

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

Michael Jordan

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'm old school.

Michael Jordan

I never thought a role model should be negative.

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

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

Michael Jordan

I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know.

Michael Jordan

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

Michael Jordan

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

Michael Jordan

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Michael Jordan

There's only one Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan

I know the signs of scaredness.

Michael Jordan

In reality, I never want to grow up.

Michael Jordan

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Jordan
  • DescriptionAmerican basketball player
  • AliasesMichael Jeffrey Jordan
  • BornFebruary 17, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBasketball Player; Baseball Player; Autobiographer; Sportsperson
  • AwardsNBA Most Valuable Player Award; NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award; All-NBA Team; NBA Defensive Player Of The Year Award; NBA All-Defensive Team; NBA Rookie Of The Year Award; Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player Of The Year; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Naismith College Player Of The Year; John R. Wooden Award; Sportsman Of The Year; 50 Greatest Players In NBA History; NBA Most Valuable Player Award; NBA Most Valuable Player Award; NBA Most Valuable Player Award; NBA Most Valuable Player Award; NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award; NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award