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

2. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

3. “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.”

4. “I’ve never lost a game, I just ran out of time.”

5. “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. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

6. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

7. “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.”

8. “Heart is what separates the good from the great.”

9. “Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.”

10. “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.”

11. “I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”

12. “I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it.”

13. “It’s heavy-duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can. People may not agree with that. I can’t live with everyone’s impression of what I should or what I shouldn’t do.”

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