Best Michael Jordan Quotes

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.

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 can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

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

If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

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.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I’ve always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It’s been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction.

Don’t let success go to your head and failure go to your heart.

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Best Michael Jordan Quotes part 2

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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

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.

I’ve learned that playing it safe is the riskiest thing you can do.

I’m not competing with someone else, I’m competing with what I’m capable of.

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.

My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.’

The key to success is failure. Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

There is no ‘I’ in team but there is in win.

I play basketball to win championships; all the other stuff doesn’t matter.

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

I’ve never been afraid to fail.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

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

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

If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!

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 can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

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.

You can practice shooting 8 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.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

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’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence.

As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.

You have to be willing to accept failure to get better.

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

I do not look at myself as a superstar. I look at myself as a hard-working player who knows how to play the game right.

No matter what, if we put in the work, we can be successful.

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.

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.