Michael Jordan quote: "One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and...
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that ar...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? N...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've never been afraid to fail.
MICHAEL JORDAN

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.
MICHAEL JORDAN

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest...
MICHAEL JORDAN

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.
MICHAEL JORDAN

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and pea...
MICHAEL JORDAN

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical abili...
MICHAEL JORDAN

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I never thought a role model should be negative.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
MICHAEL JORDAN

The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and pea...
MICHAEL JORDAN

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But ob...
MICHAEL JORDAN

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest...
MICHAEL JORDAN

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trust...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-hear...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying.
MICHAEL JORDAN

There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players andnever win titles. Most of the ti...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
MICHAEL JORDAN

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
MICHAEL JORDAN

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone whe...
MICHAEL JORDAN

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I'v...
MICHAEL JORDAN

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
MICHAEL JORDAN

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
MICHAEL JORDAN

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the o...
MICHAEL JORDAN

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the ch...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Winning isn't always championships.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Fig...
MICHAEL JORDAN

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the...
MICHAEL JORDAN

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it'...
MICHAEL JORDAN

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one gre...
MICHAEL JORDAN

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what i...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority ow...
MICHAEL JORDAN

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.
MICHAEL JORDAN

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe...
MICHAEL JORDAN

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' Th...
MICHAEL JORDAN

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!
MICHAEL JORDAN

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. . .Failure always made me t...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences yo...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and pl...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.
MICHAEL JORDAN

When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court,...
MICHAEL JORDAN

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have t...
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely im...
MICHAEL JORDAN

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.
MICHAEL JORDAN

There's only one Michael Jordan.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.
MICHAEL JORDAN

There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and
never win titles. Most of t...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Jeff Malone was one of the toughest guys I played against during my career,
MICHAEL JORDAN

I didn't have to [start playing again]. But I did it with the benefit of trying to help an organizat...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've gotten myself into [gambling] situations where I would not walk away and I've pushed the envelo...
MICHAEL JORDAN

one of the finest media companies in the world.
MICHAEL JORDAN

The way I've been playing, I should be down, way down,
MICHAEL JORDAN

The way I've been playing, I should be down, way down. I haven't done anything to think I should be ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

[The city told him it was not their responsibility] even though it's their property, ... They said, ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's in a really good place now,
MICHAEL JORDAN

All we can do [to come back from this loss] is work hard in practice. We have a game against [Archbi...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I don't want to use it as an excuse, but the wisdom tooth started weakening me in the second half.
MICHAEL JORDAN

A lot of people stepped up, made some sacrifices and helped out (the Katrina victims). But man, the ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

We filed the complaint to protect the interests of our users.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Over the next two years, we'll see a lot of change,
MICHAEL JORDAN

We have made real progress in turning around the network performance.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I want to go out on a limb and win, and sometimes that can take you past the stage where ... you kno...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I was very impressed, ... Technology is really amazing. I was just happy to be a part of it.
MICHAEL JORDAN

This is my livelihood, ... And with no help from the city...it's been hell.
MICHAEL JORDAN

'I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I h...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Live the moment for the moment.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
MICHAEL JORDAN

She agrees to marry him,
MICHAEL JORDAN

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me...
MICHAEL JORDAN

But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

They may watch more than those guys on the Bulls did.
MICHAEL JORDAN

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do i...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion
MICHAEL JORDAN

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot . . . when you think about the consequences...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I'm sorry to see it end,
MICHAEL JORDAN

The Hip Hop Professor.
MICHAEL JORDAN

There is no "i" in team but there is in win
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
MICHAEL JORDAN

[Meat rates high as a] must-have. ... but he'll eat anything.
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's a real shot in the arm every time he comes into the game, ... He gets us into our offense, he d...
MICHAEL JORDAN

The premiere was very early in the 20th century. The opera is unique in that it presents a different...
MICHAEL JORDAN

If I was on the other side, there's no way I would have been in at the end of that game without six ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I saw firsthand the interest in basketball over there, and it made me reconsider. Nothing is final, ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

We had felt that a merger with another consulting firm might create a stronger entity, ... That turn...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I don't want this to feel like a funeral.
MICHAEL JORDAN

[Jordan, 42, said he could still make a contribution to an NBA team.] Even though, physically, I can...
MICHAEL JORDAN

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of d...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've never been afraid to fail.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
MICHAEL JORDAN

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I am hooked. Next year, I am looking to expand the team, looking to compete. I want to win.
MICHAEL JORDAN

They should have never made that call, ... They complained about the refs all year.
MICHAEL JORDAN

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations t...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to ...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.
MICHAEL JORDAN

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to swea...
MICHAEL JORDAN

I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.
MICHAEL JORDAN

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and p...
MICHAEL JORDAN

Definitely, as I get older and my taste buds change, I want to do different things. I'm not read...
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

You start at a young age, going on auditions, and you think you did a good job and expect to get tha...
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coas...
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, an...
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
VERNON JORDAN

Terrorism is not new to black people.
VERNON JORDAN

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
VERNON JORDAN

What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have lear...
VERNON JORDAN

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sit...
VERNON JORDAN

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
VERNON JORDAN

But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time an...
VERNON JORDAN

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a pr...
VERNON JORDAN

I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I kn...
VERNON JORDAN

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
VERNON JORDAN

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets pa...
VERNON JORDAN

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to lov...
JUNE JORDAN

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed ...
JUNE JORDAN

Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journ...
EASON JORDAN

It's a war zone. Terrible things happen.
EASON JORDAN

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that har...
BARBARA JORDAN

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
BARBARA JORDAN

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. The...
BARBARA JORDAN

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this ...
BARBARA JORDAN

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but...
BARBARA JORDAN

I believe that women have a capacity for understanding and compassion which man structurally does no...
BARBARA JORDAN

Let there be no illusions about the difficulty of forming this kind of a national community. It'...
BARBARA JORDAN

But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a...
BARBARA JORDAN

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
BARBARA JORDAN

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full con...
BARBARA JORDAN

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
BARBARA JORDAN

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our d...
BARBARA JORDAN

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
BARBARA JORDAN

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going ...
BARBARA JORDAN

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the...
BARBARA JORDAN

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
BARBARA JORDAN

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
BARBARA JORDAN

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an exam...
BARBARA JORDAN

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different fr...
BARBARA JORDAN

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.
BARBARA JORDAN

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the...
BARBARA JORDAN

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
ROBERT JORDAN

Cam Newton, his best throw is better than anybody's best throw. I'm gonna say that right off...
JORDAN RODGERS

I am a fan of Cam Newton. I love watching him play the game. He is an unbelievable talent: throwing ...
JORDAN RODGERS

I'd like to be able to tap with my action this low without buzzing.
STANLEY JORDAN

When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passiv...
HAMILTON JORDAN

We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
HAMILTON JORDAN

The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and ...
HAMILTON JORDAN

If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is w...
HAMILTON JORDAN

I know a lot of people that had one cancer that are not alive today. I've had three. So my glass...
HAMILTON JORDAN

Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it ...
HAMILTON JORDAN

My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people...
HAMILTON JORDAN

If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you've got an...
HAMILTON JORDAN

If you had found the right candidate in 2000 or 2004, and you could have put that man or woman, give...
HAMILTON JORDAN

And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these opti...
HAMILTON JORDAN

The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination proc...
HAMILTON JORDAN

You mentioned Ross Perot. Mr. Perot jumped into the race at the last minute, had one issue that he r...
HAMILTON JORDAN

We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to ...
HAMILTON JORDAN

It's hard to look inside a person to answer a question about why anybody wants to be president. ...
HAMILTON JORDAN

I didn't work for Jimmy Carter all those years to go to cocktail parties. I was there as a polit...
HAMILTON JORDAN

I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.
HAMILTON JORDAN

Writing for Mills and Boon taught me a lot of discipline. You have to produce books in a short time ...
PENNY JORDAN

I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of ...
PENNY JORDAN

One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but aliv...
ROBERT JORDAN

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
ROBERT JORDAN

Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s noth...
ROBERT JORDAN

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men for...
ROBERT JORDAN

Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
ROBERT JORDAN

Act as if! Act as if you're a wealthy man, rich already, and then you'll surely become rich. Act as ...
JORDAN BELFORT

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as...
JORDAN BELFORT

The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not ...
JUNE JORDAN

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke...
JUNE JORDAN

One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

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One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

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