WIST Quotations

Jordan, Michael -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:52:25 +0000

I’ve missed over 9,000 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 (b. 1963) American basketball pro
(Attributed)

In Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson, Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh (1998).

Jordan, Michael -- I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence (1994)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.

Michael Jordan (b. 1963) American basketball pro
I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence (1994)

Jordan, Michael -- Newsweek (24 Jan 1994)

Dave — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:05:26 +0000

I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

Michael Jordan (b. 1963) American basketball pro
Newsweek (24 Jan 1994)

Jordan, Michael -- Hall of Fame induction address (2009)

Dave — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:13:58 +0000

I can remember a game, we were down with about 5 to 10 points, I go off about 25 points, we come back and win the game, we’re walking off the floor. Tex [Winter] looks at me and says “There’s no ‘I’ in team!” I looked at Tex and say, “There’s not, but there’s an ‘I’ in win!”

Michael Jordan (b. 1963) American basketball pro
Hall of Fame induction address (2009)
(Source)

Jordan, Michael -- Speech, Hall of Fame induction (12 Sep 2009)

Dave — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:06:25 +0000

Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Michael Jordan (b. 1963) American basketball pro
Speech, Hall of Fame induction (12 Sep 2009)
(Source)