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.
Michael Jordan - Competitive - Great - Motivational

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.
Michael Jordan - Business - Opportunity - Skill - Best - Sports

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?
Michael Jordan - Sports - Fear - Failure

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot.. when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.
Michael Jordan - Sports - Failure - Negative - Positive

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.
Michael Jordan - Passions - Sports - Money - Love

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.
Michael Jordan - Motivational - Sports - True - Life

We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and fifteen or an hour and thirty minutes to drive. So now I'm sitting in a car for almost an hour and a half and I'm very tense. I'm worried about the traffic. So I started smoking a cigar going to the games.
Michael Jordan - Sports - Stress - Worry - Cigar

I smoked my first cigar in 1991, when we won the championship. Up to that point, I had never smoked a cigar, never smoked anything.
Michael Jordan - Sports - Cigar - Winning

I've reached the pinnacle of my career. I just feel that I don't have anything else to prove.
Michael Jordan - Career - Success - Retirement