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.
MICHAEL JORDANEvery 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.
More Michael Jordan Quotes
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A leader can’t make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.
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If you don’t back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn’t mean a thing.
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If nobody will help you do it alone!
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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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No brain, no gain. Stay in school.
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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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Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.
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Great players never look in the mirror and think I’m a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
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Focus like a laser, not a flashlight.
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The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.
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I don’t go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score.
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Obstacles don’t have to stop you.
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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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A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.
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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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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.
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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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In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
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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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It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.
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Any fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success.
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I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.
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Work ethics eliminates fear.
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Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates.
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All I knew is that I never wanted to be average.
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My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.
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