Michael Jordan is one of the modern legends, probably the best basketball player that has ever lived. I used to wake up at 3 AM in the morning just to catch his games live (time difference here in Romania). How did Mike accomplish everything? Let’s hear it from him!
“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.”
“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.”
“My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.”
“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.”
“I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.”
“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.”
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
“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.”
“Failure makes me work even harder.”
“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”
“The key to success is failure”
“I failed so therefore I succeed. ”
“I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”
“When I step onto the court, I don’t have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It’s like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.”
“You can practice shooting eight 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.”
