Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
MICHAEL JORDANFocus like a laser, not a flashlight.
More Michael Jordan Quotes
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I never thought a role model should be negative.
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All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.
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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.
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Winners don’t just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.
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I realize i am black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.
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I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.
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Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.
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I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.
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If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!
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Obstacles don’t have to stop you.
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It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.
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If nobody will help you do it alone!
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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.
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The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
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If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them.
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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.
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The key to success is failure.
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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
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Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if.
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You don’t show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.
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There is no “I” in team but there is in win.
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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
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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.
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Nothing of value comes without being earned.
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There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.
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