"I know the signs of scaredness."
Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player
Michael Jordan is a legendary basketball player known for his unmatched skills, competitive spirit, and impact on the sport, particularly with the Chicago Bulls.
- Born
- February 17, 1963
- Quotes
- 266
- Rank
- #299
Quote collection
Michael Jordan quotes (page 13 of 14)
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"I am privileged to have played basketball."
"When I play against someone that's new in the league, I make him respect me. They may have heard about me, but now you get to see me actually in front of you. That drives me."
"It doesn't matter who scores. If you have an opportunity to score, you score."
"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."
"Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No."
"I failed so therefore I succeed."
"I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world."
"I am free to make anything I want as long as I think it will sell."
"Anyone who would argue that this third-generatio n MDX is an SUV might as well belong to the Flat Earth Society. The 2014 Acura MDX is the perfect expression of the modern car - capable, spacious, and friendly to drive."
"But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'"
"I went to a bookstore to try to find a book. The bottom line is, it all comes by trial and error. It was scary and exciting at first you don't know what to expect. But once you look into your child's eyes, you forget about that."
"It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league."
"I think most micro-brewers/craft-brewers are similar in that they enjoy making something themselves and at the end of the day they can enjoy the fruit of their labor. Most people really enjoy the process of making beer and like the industry as a whole. We often are passionate about what we do and enjoy talking to people about the art and science of making beer."
"You remember the [remarks] you made in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance."
"If I have something and move forward, it is only my weakness, which I hate and turn into my strength. You are not lost as long as you do not give up!"
"Can I still dunk... Are you stupid?"
"It takes a hell of a lot for a man to put up with me. I can be a handful."
"Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge."
"We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and fifteen or an hour and thirty minutes to drive. So now I'm sitting in a car for almost an hour and a half and I'm very tense. I'm worried about the traffic. So I started smoking a cigar going to the games."