Famous Michael Jordan Quotes

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
– Michael Jordan

If nobody will help you, do it alone.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

I’ve never lost a game. I just ran out of time.
– Michael Jordan

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
– Michael Jordan

Some people dream of success. While others wake up and work hard at it.
– Michael Jordan

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

One of the keys to success is having the discipline to do something , even when you don’t feel like doing it.
– Michael Jordan

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
– Michael Jordan

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.
– Michael Jordan

Everybody has talent but ability takes hard work.
– Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Motivational Quotes

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

Success isn’t something you chase. It is something you have to put forth the effort for constantly; then maybe it’ll come when you least expect it.
– Michael Jordan

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.
– Michael Jordan

You have to rise to our level. We’re not going to drop down to yours.
– Michael Jordan

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

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you’re in a fight.
– Michael Jordan

I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.
– Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Inspirational Quotes

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

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.
– Michael Jordan

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.
– Michael Jordan

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

If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are no short cuts in life.
– Michael Jordan

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it’s your last.
– Michael Jordan

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.
– Michael Jordan

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.
– Michael Jordan

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.
– Michael Jordan

I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else’s talent.
– Michael Jordan

Winning isn’t always championships.
– Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Quotes on Failure

The key to success is failure.
– Michael Jordan

I’ve never been afraid to fail.
– Michael Jordan

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.”
– Michael Jordan

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.
– Michael Jordan

Failure makes me work even harder.
– 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 try harder next time.
– Michael Jordan