508 Quotes by Michael Jordan

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of the things you totally regret. So you look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'I was stupid.'

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.

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

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