“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed it. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeeded.”
"My mother is my root, my foundation. She planted the seed that I base my life on, and that is the belief that the ability to achieve starts in your mind."
- Michael Jordan
Love
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships."
- Michael Jordan
Teamwork
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition
"Earn your leadership every day."
- Michael Jordan
Leadership
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
- Michael Jordan
Belief in Self
"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."
Failure
"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."
- Thomas Edison
Failure
"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."
- Arianna Huffington
Failure
"Trying is the first step toward failure."
- Homer Simpson
Failure
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
- Truman Capote
Failure