I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.
June 2020
1We went from a shitty team to one of the all-time best dynasties. All you needed was one little match to start that whole fire.
The Last Dance - Episode 10
Tex Winter: "Are your shoes okay? I don't want you sliding all over the damn place out there."
Michael Jordan: "I'mma slide a ring on your hand tonight, Tex. That's all you need to know."
Michael Jordan: "I'mma slide a ring on your hand tonight, Tex. That's all you need to know."
The Last Dance - Episode 10
Phil, you let this dude [Dennis Rodman] go to vacation, we not gonna see him. You let him go to Vegas, we definitely not gonna see him.
The Last Dance - Episode 3
I loved Kobe - he was like a little brother to me. Words can't describe the pain I'm feeling.
January 2020, about the death of Kobe Bryant
1Don't ever talk trash to Black Jesus!
The Last Dance - Episode 9
Never say never, bacause limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.
My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
When I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
People ask me if I could fly. I said: 'Yeah - for a little while.'
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
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.
Kobe Bryant, in my opinion, is the greatest player in the league since me.
The game has changed my life because it's taught me how to set goals, strive to achieve those goals, and never get complacent with those goals.
I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.
Quotes about Michael Jordan
To have Jalen Hurts out there is like having Michael Jordan out there. This guy leads. He brings this calmness to the entire team.
Nick Sirianni - January 2023, after winning against the Giants
Bugs: "We need your help!"
Michael: "But I'm a Baseball player now."
Bugs: "Right, and I'm a Shakespearean actor."
Michael: "But I'm a Baseball player now."
Bugs: "Right, and I'm a Shakespearean actor."
Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
When you read biographies of Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Pete Sampras or Roger Federer, you will often stumble upon the word "humility".
I told my boys this: Somebody gotta be better than Michael Jordan. Why not you?
There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.
Barack Obama in The Last Dance - Episode 10
Sports are like a gunfight and we lost to the fastest gun.
Charles Barkley in The Last Dance - Episode 6
Get the ball to Michael. Everybody get the f*ck out of the way!
Doug Collins in The Last Dance - Episode 3
You got the great Michael Jordan, the great Scottie Pippen, the great Phil Jackson. But if you take me away from this team, do they still win a championship? I don't think so. I love Michael Jordan to death. I love Scottie Pippen, all these guys. But they really don't do the things that I do.
Dennis Rodman in The Last Dance - Episode 3
I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan.
I hate to say it's not a Laker but Michael Jordan. He's been the greatest player I've ever seen. And I'm probably a harsh judge of talent in the sense that I admire players that are really good defensive players and really good offensive players.
That may have been, who knows what will unfold over the next several months, but that may have been the last shot Michael Jordan will ever take in the NBA.
Romano Guardini (NBA commentator) - Sendung vom 13.11.2013
Look, if Michael Jordan's healthy, you don't let Scottie Pippen run the offense. Oh, you're from Canada, right. If Wayne Gretzky's healthy, you don't let François... what I'm saying is: hockey is stupid and I'm point guy!
Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 8 Episode 23
2I don't wanna be Michael Jordan, I don't wanna be Bird or Isiah. I don't wanna be any of those guys. You know when my career is over, I wanna look in the mirror and say: "I did it my way!"
