Michael Jordan Quotes

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
Michael Jordan

Someone, Else, Talent

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
Michael Jordan

Future, Speak, Ball

I like control.
Michael Jordan

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.
Michael Jordan

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
Michael Jordan

Life, Travel, Basketball

It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.
Michael Jordan

Kids, Games, Watching

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
Michael Jordan

Best, Eyes, Scared

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.
Michael Jordan

God, Respect, Before

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

Same, Acting, Means

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.
Michael Jordan

Done, Number, Retired

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.
Michael Jordan

Time, Great, Basketball

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

Legal, Gambling, Bet

I know the signs of scaredness.
Michael Jordan

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.
Michael Jordan

Fun, Bad, Understand

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.
Michael Jordan

Best, Loved, Guy

I want to play for years.
Michael Jordan

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

Work, Person, Conscious

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

Game, Done, Media

I've had tendinitis since college.
Michael Jordan

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.
Michael Jordan

Shoes, Mine, Habit

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.
Michael Jordan

Challenge, Wrong, Guys

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

Hurt, Hard, Players

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.
Michael Jordan

Career, Goal, Majority

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.
Michael Jordan

Money, Live, Bad

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Nationality: American

Born: February 17, 1963

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