Quotes from Michael Jordan

I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.

I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the love of the game of basketball.

I've never been afraid to fail.

I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met, and I think that I thrive on that.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

Live the moment for the moment.

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

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