Said Michael Jordan

1 - “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

2 - “If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But 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.”

3 - “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”

4 - “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

5 - “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”

6 - “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

7 - “To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.”

8 - “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

9 - “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”

10 - “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”

11 - “I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

12 - “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”

13 - “I’ve never been afraid to fail.”

14 - “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

15 - “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”

16 - “My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try.”

17 - “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.”

18 - “Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.”

19 - “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.”

20 - “Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.”

21 - “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”

22 - “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.”

- Michael Jordan