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" Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. "
Michael Jordan
Games
Intelligence
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" I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win. "
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" 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. "
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" There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either. "
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" Limits, like fear, is often an illusion. "
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" 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. "
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" You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. "
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" My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect. "
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" Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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