Michael Jordan Frases famosas
“O basquete comanda as minhas decisões”
anunciando que participaria então da próxima temporada da NBA
Fonte: Revista ISTO É, Edição 1723.
Michael Jordan, o Pelé do basquete americano, contundido, antes de ser operado do joelho; citado em Revista Veja http://veja.abril.com.br/060302/vejaessa.html, Edição 1 741 - 6 de março de 2002.
Michael Jordan: Frases em inglês
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
Fonte: Jordan, Michael. I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994. p. 129
Contexto: I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying [no hard work].
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (p. 20, 24)
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
Variante: Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”
Variante: I can appect failure, but I cannot accept not trying.
As quoted in Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh (1998), by Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson, p. 49

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
Variante: You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion”
Hall of Fame induction address, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf3PYecdgjE&NR=1
“Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.”
Fonte: For the Love of the Game: My Story
“There will be a player greater than me.”
Michael Jordan to the Max http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245280/ (Film, 2000)
“Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.”
Fonte: I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence