#very

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant. ↗

— June Jordan

#hero #intense #over-the-top #passionate #tyrant

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But 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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#everyone #fails #failure #i #i can

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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#basketball #been #comfort #everything #evolved

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#every #go #may #night #should

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#competition #day #every #every day #go

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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#before #embarrassing #gave #god #had

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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#basketball #because #competitive #competitiveness #energy

I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#book #depressed #difficult #disappearing #fast

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#book #same #solitary #thing #very