Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 17. Februar 1963 |
Geburtsort | Brooklyn |
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Beschreibung | Michael Jeffrey Jordan (* 17. Februar 1963 in New York City, New York) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler, Unternehmer und Mehrheitseigentümer der Charlotte Hornets. Zwischen 1984 und 2003 spielte er – mit zwei Unterbrechungen – in der US-Profiliga NBA, davon 13 Jahre bei den Chicago Bulls, später bei den Washington Wizards. Er gilt nach übereinstimmenden Meinungen als einer der besten Basketballspieler der NBA-Geschichte. Die NBA selbst bezeichnet ihn als den besten Basketballspieler aller Zeiten. Der 1,98 Meter große Jordan spielte hauptsächlich auf der Position des Shooting Guards, in seinen zwei Saisons bei den Wizards auch als Small Forward. Er wurde fünfmal als Wertvollster Spieler der NBA ausgezeichnet, gewann sechs NBA-Meisterschaften mit den Chicago Bulls, davon sechsmal als Finals-MVP, sowie zwei Goldmedaillen mit den USA bei den Olympischen Spielen. Darüber hinaus ist er 14-maliger NBA-All Star und gewann im Jahr 1988 den Defensive Player of the Year Award, als einer der wenigen Guards überhaupt. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1992 war Jordan Teil des US Dream Teams und galt seitdem als einer der populärsten Sportler weltweit. Als Werbeträger von Nike und anderen Unternehmen generierte er bis 1998 einen Umsatz von schätzungsweise 10 Milliarden US-Dollar. ESPN wählte Jordan 1999 zum „Sportler des Jahrhunderts“ vor Babe Ruth und Muhammad Ali. Magic Johnson sagte über ihn: „Es gibt Michael Jordan und dann gibt es noch den Rest von uns“ (englisch There’s Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.). Jordan wurde gemeinsam mit David Robinson, John Stockton und Jerry Sloan am 6. April 2009 in die Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame gewählt und am 11. September 2009 in einer feierlichen Zeremonie aufgenommen. |
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.
When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.
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.
In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.
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.
I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.
I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.
Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.
Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
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.
I'd like to be settled into somewhat of a normal life. Somewhat. I know it's never going to be completely normal.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
