Michael Jordan Quotes

I don’t go out and just try to score. I score because there is an opportunity to score.
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Basketball Opportunity Score Sports
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.
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Come Inspirational Life Mind Obligation Pressure Want
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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Fear Gain Illusion Opportunity Stand Success
I am competing with what I am capable of.
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Achievement Capable One Liner Success
Nothing of value comes without being earned.
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Deep Earn One Liner Self Respect Success Value
A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse.
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Excuse Failure Loss Motivational One Liner
If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!
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Basketball Habit Motivational One Liner Quit
Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates.
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Acceptance Basketball Experience Learning Loss Team
If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them.
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Achievement Basketball Block Roads Struggle Try
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
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Ability Hard Work Improvement One Liner Talent
Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.
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Afraid Failure Motivational Try
People ask me if I could fly, I said, yeah – for a little while.
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Basketball Believe Fly Inspirational People Positive
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
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Acceptance Basketball Believe Failure Motivational Try
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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Basketball Confidence Focus Player Want
Live the moment for the moment.
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Deep Life Live Moment One Liner Positive
Obstacles don’t have to stop you.
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Motivational Obstacle One Liner Sop
There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail.
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Basketball Failure Time
I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can’t see any other way of accomplishing anything.
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Accomplishment Basketball Believe Firm Goals Step
You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
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Basketball Expectation Inspirational Success Yourself
Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.
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Determination Dreamss Effort Happen Passion Work
It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.
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Basketball Inspirational Shoes
My advice is find fuel in failure. Sometimes failure gets you closer to where you want to be.
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Advice Failure Finding Fuel Motivational Patience
If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working on it.
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Dreamss Hustle Inspirational Stop Thinking Work
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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Attention Change Constant Fundamental Learning Winner
If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.
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Hustle Life Motivational Reward Shortcut Work
I never thought a role model should be negative.
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Negative Role Model Thinking
A coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness!
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Beyond Coach Greatness Guide Limitation

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