The best Quotes from The Last Dance

We 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.

It's a great run, we'd had a wonderful time. Good Team. Time to go.

There are certain sports figures who become a larger cultural force. Michael Jordan and the Bulls changed the culture.

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."

Sports are like a gunfight and we lost to the fastest gun.

When you see your leader working extremely hard in practice, you feel like, "man, if I don't give it my all, I shouldn't be here."

I'll play the game for free, but you get paid for the bullshit after you leave the floor.

This is the way the game of basketball was played at the time. When you come to Detroit, you will get your ass whooped.

Let's leave him [Dennis Rodman] alone - you don't put a saddle on a mustang.

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.

Get the ball to Michael. Everybody get the f*ck out of the way!

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.

I think it's just God disguised as Michael Jordan.

Yes, I think the '96 Bulls are the greatest of all time. I think the 72-10 record speaks for itself and the fact that we were able to cap it off with a championship.

Don't ever talk trash to Black Jesus!

I stand with those who are calling out the ingrained racism and violence toward people of color in our country. We have had enough.

I loved Kobe - he was like a little brother to me. Words can't describe the pain I'm feeling.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

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.'

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

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.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.

Most of basketball is in the mind. But it helps to have big hands.

Being the youngest of twelve kids and having your underwear handed down teaches you how to share.

Welcome to Rose University; class is in session!

I'm truly blessed. Everything has just been like a dream come true. This just tops it off - I'm playing at the highest level of basketball and it's in my hometown. I really can't believe it right now.

For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

Hip Hop offers new ways of seeing and understanding what it means to be black at this pivotal time in history.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away, oh, to find a better day

A true leader does what is right, no matter what others think.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."