1. 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. 2. 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.
4. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
5. 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.
7. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
9. Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
10. Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
11. 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.
13. 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. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.
15. The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
17. I've never been afraid to fail.
18. I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.
19. I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
21. There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.
22. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
24. My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.
25. My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said: "You never know what you can accomplish until you try."
27. The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.
28. There is no "I" in team but there is in win.
30. Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.
31. You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.
33. When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.
34. 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.
36. Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
37. 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.
39. 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.
40. I'm patient.
41. I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.
43. Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.
44. There's only one Michael Jordan.
46. I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.
47. How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.
49. I like control.
50. 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.
51. 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.
53. Winning isn't always championships.
54. 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.
56. Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
57. Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.
59. I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.
60. 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.
62. I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.
63. I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.
64. I want to play for years.
65. I've had tendinitis since college.
67. I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.
68. It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.
69. It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league.
70. It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.
72. 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.
74. Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.
75. The minute you get away from fundamentals - whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation - the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.
77. My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind.
78. The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me...
80. Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.
81. The best come from the worst.
83. Not every flying hero has a cape.
84. If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.
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