Michael Jordan
American basketball player, born 1963
27 quotes.
Quotes by Michael Jordan
- A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness.
- A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.
- Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
- Earn your leadership every day.
- Excellence isn’t a one-week or one-year ideal. It’s a constant.
- I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
- I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.
- I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.
- I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So if you put forth the work, what are you fearing? You know what you’re capable of doing and what you’re not.
- I set another goal … a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.
- If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.
- If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working on it.
- If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!
- If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
- If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But 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.
- It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.
- Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if
- I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
- I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
- Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
- Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.
- Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.
- Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
- The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.
- 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.
- You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.