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.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways it won’t work.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Every choice you make has an end result.

The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate… is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

Ideas that enter the mind under fire remain there securely and for ever.

Courage is facing your fears. Stupidity is fearing nothing.

If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

For all the hard times and tough challenges I faced during different periods of my life, I think I was lucky or blessed or both. When things looked bleak, a good guide would appear to set me straight. Someone once asked me about the villains who got in my way, the bad guys who wanted to trip me up or take me out. I don’t remember any. Maybe it’s my nature to remember the good and forget the bad, or maybe it’s my destiny to lock onto the righteous for help.

The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are. So make up your own rules.

The first step toward success will be the biggest one.