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" My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. "
Michael Jordan
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" Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight. "
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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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" 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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" I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players. "
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" Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. "
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" I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent. "
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" I want to play for years. "
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" I want to be the bridge to the next generation. "
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" It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room. "
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" I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. "
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" In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money. "
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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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" Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game. "
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" Winning isn't always championships. "
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" Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have. "
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" I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result. "
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" My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.' "
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" Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise. "
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" I've never been afraid to fail. "
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" 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. "
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" I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me. "
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" It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league. "
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" In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball. "
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" 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. "
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" As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day. "
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