Michael Jordan Quotes That Prove He’s Not Just A Basketball Champion

Michael Jordan is the kind of guy you don’t just like — you love. He’s your favorite player and your role model. You want to be like him or at least dreamed about it when you were a kid. But it’s not just because he’s a terrific basketball player; he has a way of making everything he does seem effortless, even if it’s clearly not. He doesn’t sweat the small stuff and always keeps going when things get tough.

But how did this all start? With failure. Yep, that monster under the bed everyone seems to be afraid of. Perhaps the biggest disappointment that went on to define the person he is arrived when he was just a high school student. He was cut from the varsity basketball team because he was deemed too short to play. And by short, we mean 5 feet 11 inches. Most people would have probably given up after hearing this and tried something different.

But MJ isn’t just anyone. He used failure as fuel to take his career to the next level and eventually became the GOAT. In other words, failure was his blessing in disguise. It gave him new perspectives and fueled his determination, and that’s the only natural path to success. If he had given up, he would’ve never become the greatest basketball player of all time, and we would have never heard of him. 

It’s hard not to admire someone who can do all that and still manage to throw down some of the most famous quotes in history. He’s the best at saying things that can pump us up, and we can’t help but want to quote him for all eternity. So here’s the ultimate collection of Michael Jordan quotes, from his greatest ones to those that are not so well-known but still deserve the world.