Motivational Story - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls / NBA)




Greetings! With Michael Jordan capturing a lot of the news with his ESPN Documentary (The Last Dance) that was released beginning in April, 2020, I wanted to educate you about the famed #23 from the Chicago Bulls in case you did not tune into any of ten-part award-winning series. 

Back in the late 80’s and through the 90’s, Michael Jordan dominated magazine covers unlike any other athlete and television commercials too thanks to his work as NIKE’s top spokesperson. He was so synonymous with sports, with winning and was seen as perhaps the most famous person in our country, if not the world?

Some saw Jordan as a five-tool killer on the court. For more than a decade he was the FACE of the NBA. In the history of sports, Jordan’s name would easily rank at or near the top of any list along with the likes of Muhammed Ali, Babe Ruth, Jim Brown, Jim Thorpe, Wayne Gretzky and Pele only as his competition.

Through all of this, Jordan did not make his high school varsity team until he was a junior. In 1978, as a sophomore, Jordan was cut from the team and the purpose behind it was over his small size and that his coach preferred to give the position to an upper classmen. 


Jim Loria


MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES FROM MICHAEL JORDAN DURING HIS NBA CAREER 

- “The Results of your Success is through Hard Work, Not Genetics”

- “You’ve got to put in the work. I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat”

- “My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sidelines”

- “The game of basketball was my wife. It demanded loyalty and responsibility and it gave me back fulfillment and peace”

- “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”

- “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”

- “Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher”

- “Every time I felt tired while I was exercising and training, I would close my eyes to see that list, the one that had my name on it which said I was cut from my high school varsity basketball team. That usually motivated me to work again”

- “If you’re trying to achieve success, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. They are not a bad thing; they’re the training grounds to success”

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