Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats.

His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”

Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jordan’s individual accolades and accomplishments include five Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP Awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP Awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

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

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.

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.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

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.

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.

Don’t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

The key to success is failure

I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish

If nobody will help you, do it alone! There is no ‘i’ in team, but there is ‘i’ in WIN!

My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.

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

I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

I’ve never been afraid to fail.

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.