When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.- Michael Jordan

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.- Michael Jordan

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Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.- Michael Jordan

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The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness. ― Elizabeth von Arnim

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Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.- Michael Jordan

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Make it happen.- Michael Jordan

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Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.- Michael Jordan

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I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus. - Michael Jordan

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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.- Michael Jordan

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The only people who see the whole picture,' he murmured, 'are the ones who step out of the frame.

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