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.
MICHAEL JORDANThe reason I became such a successful athlete was my mind was saying that no matter who you put up against me, I am better, I am the best.
More Michael Jordan Quotes
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I am competing with what I am capable of.
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Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates.
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I was aware of my success, but I never stopped trying to get better.
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The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.
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If I have an agenda or a goal, no one is going to deter me from what I want to do.
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Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.
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You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.
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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.
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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 can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
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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 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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People ask me if I could fly, I said, yeah – for a little while.
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You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
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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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