Quotes By Michael Jordan

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

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

I like control.

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

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

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.

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

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. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

I'm patient.

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 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.

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

I want to play for years.

I know the signs of scaredness.

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.

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.

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.

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

It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.

There's only one Michael Jordan.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

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

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.