On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and missed. “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. But I can’t accept not trying.” Video: “I’ve Missed More than 9,000 Shots in My Career” After that, the Bulls were beat by the Detroit Pistons three years in a row.Īll Jordan knew was failure. The next two years, they were swept by the Boston Celtics. The first time he got to the NBA playoffs, his Bulls were knocked out in the first round. In 1986, he returned to North Carolina to earn his degree. In 1984, he started his professional career without a college degree.ĭespite immediate success in the NBA, Jordan decided to go back to school. Jordan decided to leave the University of North Carolina to enter the NBA draft one year early.
Until the end of his career, Michael was known to be the first person to get to the gym and the last one to leave. Jordan became better at playing than everyone else by first becoming better at practicing than everyone else. “Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I ought to stop, I’d close my eyes and see that list in the locker room without my name on it… that usually got me going again.” Jordan channeled his embarrassment and anger into motivation during practice: I remember being really mad too, because there was a guy that made it that really wasn’t as good as me.” They posted the roster and it was there for a long, long time without my name on it. “It was embarrassing not making that team. In an interview with ESPN, Jordan described how he felt: When Jordan first tried out for his high school basketball team, he didn’t make varsity. “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”
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