Michael Jordan Quotes

“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.”

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

“Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.”

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.”

“My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.”

“When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.”

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

“There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.”

“I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”

“There's only one Michael Jordan.”

“I never thought a role model should be negative.”

“I want to be the bridge to the next generation.”

“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.”

“It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch.”

“I realise that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.”

“Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realise that you're in a fight.”

“I'm patient.”

“I like control.”

“In reality, I never want to grow up.”

“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.”

“I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'm old school.”

“In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.”

“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 losing money, then I have to look in the mirror.”

“I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.”