# The most famous Michael Jordan quotes

From "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career" to "I'm back": Michael Jordan's best-known lines, with the ad, speech or book they come from.

- 240 votes · 10 items
- Sep 19, 2020 · Jericho Torres
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## Top 10

1. **I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.** (28 · ▲31 ▼3) — Nike advert, quoted in Nike Culture (1998).
2. **I'm back.** (26 · ▲27 ▼1) — Announcing his return to the Bulls, 18 March 1995.
3. **Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.** (20 · ▲22 ▼2) — Hall of Fame induction speech, 2009.
4. **I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — I Can't Accept Not Trying (1994).
5. **I'm retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%.** (16 · ▲19 ▼3) — Statement of 18 February 1999.
6. **Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.** (15 · ▲22 ▼7) — I Can't Accept Not Trying (1994).
7. **Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.** (12 · ▲15 ▼3) — Quoted in How to Be Like Mike (2005).
8. **There will be a player greater than me.** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Michael Jordan to the Max (2000).
9. **I approached everything step by step.** (9 · ▲16 ▼7) — Quoted in How to Be Like Mike (2005).
10. **\[Jerry Krause\] said organizations win championships. I said, 'I didn't see organizations playing with the flu in Utah.'** (5 · ▲13 ▼8) — Hall of Fame induction speech, 2009.

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