A COLLECTION OF MICHAEL JORDAN QUOTES ON THE KEY BEHAVIOURS:

“You can practice shooting 8 hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.” 

 “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, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you’re doing.” 

ENGAGE YOUR VISION:

“Every time I feel tired while I am exercising and training, I close my eyes to see that picture, to see that list with my name. This usually motivates me to work again.”

TRAIN. DAILY:

“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”

“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

PUSH YOUR COMFORT ZONE:

“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say I was afraid to try.”

“Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.” 

GRIT:

“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 can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” 

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit!”

“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.”

OWN IT:

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” 

“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”