Michael Jordan

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

I'm patient.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

Work ethic eliminates fear.

Failure makes me work even harder.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

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

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.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I've never lost a game, I just ran out of time.