Michael Jordan 's Wisdom (Rare Interviews)

ladies and gentlemen Michael [Applause] [Applause] Jordan every day the first person there before the sun would be Jordan and he was there because he wasn't good he would work work with a batting instructor and work all day long and be the last person to leave every night also asked him what it was like for him in the morning and Jordan said I get up before the sun comes up and I make myself some breakfast by myself he was down there alone and I get in the car and I'm driving to spring training and there's no one really out on the roads yet and I look at the seat next to me and I see my dad and I talk to him I think to myself pops we're doing this we're doing this together and the day would end and he would say to the batting instructor can we do a little more I think I'm getting this I think I'm learning this I think I'm getting this and that's when Sports Illustrated put him on the cover saying that Michael Jordan has embarrassed baseball and as I would watch him there every night as the sun was going down and the other ball players had left and I would see this guy working to get better Michael Jordan working to get better I couldn't help thinking that if you ever have children you ought to pray that they grow up someday to embarrass you like this what it did teach me was don't be afraid to try the worst thing that can happen is it doesn't it doesn't pan out the way that you envision it but at least you know that by giving it a shot you never succeed without that possibility of failure I mean each time that I I do something I can I can can win or I can lose you know and that inner confidence that you got to have to to take that [Music] chance maybe it's my fault maybe I L you to believe it was easy when it wasn't maybe I made you think my highlights start at the free throw line and not in the gym maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a [Music] gamewinner that my game was built on flash and not fire maybe it's my fault that you didn't see that failure gave me strength that my pain was my motivation maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a god-given gift and not something I worked for every single day of my [Music] life maybe I destroyed the [Music] game or maybe you're just making excuses everything that I've done in my life I've taken a chance and either succeeding at it or failing at it but I've taken that chance and I will not let the opportunity of failure stop me from doing something that I truly truly enjoy doing Jones to Jordan left to the top of the key shoots from there he scores Jordan scores Jordan scores the Wizards win [Applause] 9392 you had a lot of fantastic Moments in Sports what's the greatest moment I mean what started everything you don't say that don't say don't say the shot against that was the greatest moment because I think that took me from a if I had any doubts about playing on college level or playing with the big guys you know that shot gave me the confidence that I belong where I was you know and that it was you know if you put your mind to doing whatever you want to do you know good things can happen you know so before anything else happened with Michael Jordan outside of that that game and against you guys that shot gave me the idea that I could be better than what people think and I can you know surpass any expectations that I may have for myself let me turn it what's your greatest disappointment in sports I haven't had any disappointments I mean you know Sports is a is is is a tool that teaches you know and it teaches you bad things it can also teach you good things it's how you perceive those things I've looked at every experience that I've had negative and positive and and taking that as a positive you know if I wouldn't change anything because I think it would alter some some of the other things that have happened you know so when I look back I can't say that I've had any bad things happen sure I mean you don't want bad things to happen but you deal with bad things you can't have good or without bad who's your favorite guy to play against myself if I can really elaborate on why I said myself more so than another athlete is that because a lot of times I had to battle with myself to keep challenging myself you know that me was why I would say that biggest battle was was myself because when you get to a certain Pinnacle you got to find some ways to keep going out there for 82 games my competitive Drive is is far greater than anyone else that I've met you know I think that I thrive on that I think that's my biggest motivation in life you know is to to to compete you know find different competitions and certain things in life and and and try to overcome that you know be a positive or negative but uh I have yet to meet someone who's as competitive as me you know and I just feel that much confident about my competitive [Music] Drive I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career I think what made him so special as a marketing icon is that he was natural today when everyone really tries to be like Mike they're trying so hard to invent a person I think that people see through that and it doesn't stand the test of time I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed he runs his corporate Empire from hotop Chicago the city that made him famous could could you have imagined when when you first started playing that one day you'd be sitting up here running a company that's worth a half a billion dollars no it never really I never really thought about it all I thought about was doing what I was good at and letting that open up a lot of opportunities for me and choosing from that point on Michael which were you more proud of your athletic skills or the mental skills that you brought to the game and which was uh more difficult to keep up the mental skills uh came with the education of the game you know that either I've learned from coach Smith before I got here or I learned in the course of the coaching staff that that I've been endured with the mental part is hard because you have to really learn taking everything that you've learned over a period of time and and apply that to your game and tie that into the physical aspect to your game and make the complete basketball player that you try to become you know so uh physically was it's a little bit easier but the mental part is is the hardest part and I think that's the part that separates the good players from the great players there's a lot of conversations about uh what your game is capable of of achieving and I'm a firm believer that if you have a good game your game is going to say that you you don't have to say it so I guess just trying to play down some of the trash talking you know animosity that's between in words and uh and the whole promotional thing let your game be your promotion your marketing Tool uh and that was our whole era you know our game gave the labels of what I basketball skills were and then the marketing came around it now it's changed you so I'm trying to revert back to where your game do all you're talking instead of what we may say and what someone else may say about your game as you leave the game what message do you want to leave to Young athletes that are coming on be true to the game because the game would be true to you if you try to short cut the game then the game's going to shortcut you if you put forth the effort you know good things will be bestowed upon you you know that's truly about the game in some ways that's about life too one day you might look up and see me playing the game at 50 oh don't let have don't That Never Say Never because limits like fears are often Just an Illusion thank you very much forward

Channel: Don't Fall For It

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Keywords: Michael Jordan, Wisdom, Rare, Interviews, interview, Will Smith, inspirational, power, mind, success, motivational, kobe, bryant, lebron, james, basketball

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Length: 9min 53sec (593 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 11 2010