50 Motivational Michael Jordan Quotes To Boost Morale

Michael Jordan is a basketball legend. He has unparalleled accomplishments including 6 NBA championships, 5-time Most Valuable Player, 6-time Finals Most Valuable Player, 10-time All-NBA First Team, NBA Rookie of the Year, 2-time Olympic Gold Medal Winner, and an NCAA National Championship,  just to name a few.

Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player that has ever played the game.

Here are 50 Motivational Michael Jordan Quotes:

1. “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.” – Michael Jordan

2. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” – Michael Jordan

3. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

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4. “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.” – Michael Jordan

5. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

6. “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. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don’t isolate.” – Michael Jordan

7. “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.” – Michael Jordan

8. “If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!” – Michael Jordan

9. “Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” – Michael Jordan

10. “Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.” – Michael Jordan Quotes

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11. “To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.” – Michael Jordan

12. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan

13. “Don’t let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.” – Michael Jordan

14. “Make it happen” – Michael Jordan

15.“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.” – Michael Jordan

16. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

17. “Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.” – Michael Jordan

18. “The minute you get away from fundamentals – whether it’s proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation – the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.” – Michael Jordan

19. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan

21. “Learning’s a gift, even when pain is your teacher.” – Michael Jordan

22. “Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.” – Michael Jordan

23. “There is no “I” in team but there is in win.” – Michael Jordan

24. “I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.” – Michael Jordan

25. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”- Michael Jordan

26. “Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.” – Michael Jordan

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27. “The best come from the worst.” – Michael Jordan

28. “I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… When you think about the consequences you will always think of the negative result.” – Michael Jordan

29. “I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.” – Michael Jordan

30. “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” – Michael Jordan

31. “My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline.” – Michael Jordan

32. “The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.” – Michael Jordan

33. “I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder the next time.” – Michael Jordan

34. “It’s heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can. People may not agree with that. I can’t live with what everyone’s impression of what I should or what I shouldn’t do.” – Michael Jordan

35. “If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try.” – Michael Jordan

36. “I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.” – Michael Jordan

37. “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.” – Michael Jordan

38. “Heart is what separates the good from the great.” – Michael Jordan

39. “I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.” – Michael Jordan

41.“I own the guy guarding me.” – Michael Jordan

42. “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.” – Michael Jordan

43. “There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, & I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.” – Michael Jordan

44. “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – Michael Jordan

45. “You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.” – Michael Jordan

46. “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

47. “I mean we all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.” – Michael Jordan

48. “Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.” – Michael Jordan

49. “Best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.” – Michael Jordan

50. “Winning isn’t always championships.” – Michael Jordan Quotes