Best Michael Jordan Quote Collection for Success and Motivation

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players ever. He won six championships and inspired millions of people around the world. His words about success, failure, and hard work help people in sports, business, and life. These simple quotes show how Jordan thinks about winning, losing, and never giving up. Each quote teaches us something important about reaching our goals and becoming better every day.

1. I missed more than 9000 shots in my career
2. I lost almost 300 games in my life
3. 26 times I was trusted to take the winning shot and missed
4. I failed over and over again in my life
5. That is why I succeed today
6. I can accept failure because everyone fails sometimes
7. But I cannot accept not trying at all
8. Failure makes me work even harder
9. The key to success is learning from failure
10. I have never been afraid to fail
11. Fear is just an illusion in your mind
12. To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail
13. If you quit once, it becomes a habit
14. Never quit no matter what happens
15. Failure always made me try harder next time

1. If you do the work, you get rewarded
2. There are no shortcuts in life
3. I always believed that hard work brings results
4. I practiced harder than I played games
5. That is where my comfort zone was created
6. Everyone has talent, but ability takes hard work
7. Sometimes things may not go your way
8. But the effort should be there every single night
9. Champions become champions during practice time
10. The winning performance shows their championship character
11. You can never lose focus of your goals
12. Do not let yourself be beat by lack of effort
13. When you get away from fundamentals, everything falls apart
14. Proper technique and work ethic matter most
15. Mental preparation is just as important

1. You must expect great things of yourself first
2. Only then can you do great things
3. Some people want it to happen
4. Some wish it would happen
5. Others make it happen
6. Never say never because limits are often illusions
7. Fears are often just illusions too
8. Always turn a negative situation into positive
9. Do not let them drag you down by rumors
10. Go with what you believe in
11. If my best was not good enough
12. At least I will not say I was afraid to try
13. Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again
14. I own the guy guarding me
15. I never lost a game, I just ran out of time

1. Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships
2. Intelligence also wins championships
3. There is no I in team
4. But there is an I in win
5. To be successful you have to be selfish first
6. Or else you never achieve anything
7. Once you reach your highest level, be unselfish
8. Stay reachable and stay in touch
9. Do not isolate yourself from others
10. My attitude is simple about weakness
11. If you push me toward my weakness
12. I will turn that weakness into strength
13. Heart is what separates good from great
14. We all fly once we leave the ground
15. Some people just fly longer than others

1. I play to win during practice and real games
2. Nothing will get in the way of my competitive spirit
3. I never looked at consequences of missing big shots
4. When you think about consequences, you think negative
5. My mother is my root and foundation
6. She planted the seed that I base my life on
7. The ability to achieve starts in your mind
8. The basketball court is the most peaceful place
9. During a game, I worry about nothing
10. When I am out there, no one can bother me
11. I would tell players to relax
12. Never think about what is at stake
13. Just think about the basketball game
14. If you think about who will win, you lose focus
15. Learning is a gift, even when pain teaches you

1. I set reasonable goals that I could achieve
2. I approached everything step by step
3. I had always set short-term goals
4. Each success led to the next one
5. Make it happen instead of waiting
6. You have competition every day
7. Because you set such high standards
8. You have to live up to that every day
9. I want to wake up every day
10. And do whatever comes to my mind
11. Not feel pressure or obligations
12. Enjoy every minute of life
13. Never second-guess your life choices
14. What is love? Love is playing every game like your last
15. Be true to the game, and it will be true to you

1. Obstacles do not have to stop you
2. If you run into a wall, do not give up
3. Figure out how to climb it
4. Go through it or work around it
5. Do not turn around when facing problems
6. It does not matter if you fall down
7. What matters is whether you get back up
8. I know fear is an obstacle for some people
9. But it is an illusion to me
10. Do not be afraid to fail
11. Be afraid not to try anything
12. If you accept expectations of others
13. Especially negative ones
14. You will never change the outcome
15. Another day, another opportunity to prove doubters wrong

1. The game has its ups and downs
2. But you can never lose focus
3. It is better to shoot and miss
4. Than to let time run out wondering what if
5. There is no such thing as perfect basketball player
6. I do not believe there is only one greatest player
7. When I was young, I had to learn fundamentals
8. You can have all the physical ability
9. But you still need to know fundamentals
10. Being Michael Jordan means acting like I always have
11. My job was to play basketball as best I can
12. People may not agree with that
13. I cannot live with everyone's impression
14. Of what I should or should not do
15. There will be a player greater than me someday

1. My attitude is to win at all costs
2. If I have to do it myself, I will do it
3. There is only one Michael Jordan
4. You may be the best high school player
5. But I am the best player in the world
6. Every time I feel tired during training
7. I close my eyes to see my goals
8. This usually motivates me to work again
9. My father used to say it is never too late
10. To do anything you wanted to do
11. You never know what you can accomplish until you try
12. Can I still dunk? Are you stupid?
13. I realize I am black
14. But I would like to be viewed as a person
15. That is everybody's wish in life

1. To win, you have to lose first
2. To be successful, you need something unsuccessful
3. To be happy, you have to experience sadness
4. If you put forth the effort, good things come
5. That is truly about the game and about life
6. If you try to shortcut the game
7. Then the game will shortcut you
8. I was raised by parents who taught me love
9. And respect people regardless of their background
10. We need to find solutions for fair treatment
11. And support for those who protect us
12. If we all work together
13. We can create understanding and positive change
14. We can make a more peaceful world
15. For ourselves, our children, and our communities