Quotes By Michael Jordan

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

I'm patient.

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.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

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.

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