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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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.- Michael Jordan

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Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.- Michael Jordan

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We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.- Michael Jordan

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To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It’s not about winning and losing; it’s about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It’s about embracing the pain that you’ll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge. ― Summer Sanders

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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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I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.- Huey Newton

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There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.- Michael Jordan

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You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.- Michael Jordan

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

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