Michael Jordan: The Life

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Michael Jordan is an enigma, probably most of all to himself. He’s a man who has everything that the world could ever offer, and at the same time seems to have little to nothing in his life of true value. The game of basketball gave him everything during his tenure with the Bulls, and then took away everything after his retirement except his fat bank account. In the midst of his “success” he lost his familial relationships and alienated many friends and mentors. i was drawn to this book because i am a great Michael Jordan fan and i wondered if he could write well and also be an amazing athlete. I was saddened to read about the struggles he’s faced. His entire life has been dominated by his stardom, which has separated him from his humanity and ability to assume any sort of normal lifestyle. This has resulted in coping mechanisms like excessive gambling. For all the riches and fame he has acquired, MJ seems relationally like the poorest man I’ve ever heard of. I hope there are better, more fulfilling days ahead for him. Nothing of value comes without being earned. That’s why great leaders are those who lead by example first. You can’t demand respect because of a title or a position and expect people to follow. That might work for a little while, but in the long run people respond to what they see,” he writes.

I’ve missed more than 9,000 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,” he remarked. M. J. and his accomplishments were founded on discipline, hard work, and knowing how to channel the deep, competitive drive within. Michael Jordan: Life Lessons from His Airness offers a courtside seat to the wild ride that made Michael Jordan a star and reveals valuable insights for anyone trying to make their own lofty dreams come true. Michael Jordan: A Biography by David L. Porter For the Love of the Game' is, also, a fitting title to this picture album, where each photograph relates to a key moment of his career and is illustrated by MJ's captions himself.

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When Michael Jordan was a famous basketball player Jordan said “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.” Michael fails a lot of times in his life and he didn’t give up and tried and tried again and was successful in life. He lost lots of games that were very important and didn’t have up and was successful the second time around. Michael Jordan defied gravity, transcended the world’s expectations, and exceeded the limits of age, soaring to fame as the world’s greatest basketball player of all time. While his talent was breathtaking to behold – those flying dunks and record-breaking 60-point games have inspired generations – the unseen forces behind his success are the kind we can all harness for our own. I was curious to learn about what drove Michael Jordan internally to accomplish everything in his career.

Through it all, Jordan showed the world that greatness, true greatness, comes from the inside out. He remains perhaps the greatest practice player in the history of sports, his desire to improve upon his own example legendary. When critics questioned his all-around ability, he became the game's most dominant defensive player at his position. When teams decided to close down the lane and eliminate drives to the basket, he became a deadly jump shooter. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson had the most successfully teams of the 1980s but never won more than two consecutive championships. The Bulls won three straight--twice. Jordan didn't really have another coach/person motivate him by intentional wounding until Bobby Knight did it on the '84 US Olympic team. (Knight comes across as a real douche in the book as well.) His time at UNC served him well, and Dean Smith comes across as an honest person who cares about his players but has the same ego and competitive drive as any major college coach. Jordan resented the Carolina Way, how fast break dunks that showed up the other team were punished and seniors were given the limelight. "The System" limited his individual ability, but helped him play in Tex Winter's triangle offense and be somewhat of a teammate. With his own inspiring words, Michael Jordan, the most extraordinary athlete of our time, shares the rules he has lived and achieved by. Underlying his enormous accomplishments are a set of simple principles that provide the foundation for his entire life. He draws on these to show us all how we can learn to set goals and overcome obstacles, confront fear and self-doubt, commit to our dreams and avoid distraction, be a leader and a team player, master the basics to reach new heights in excellence, and reap the rewards of self-discipline. Relentless by Tim Grover i didnt dislike anything in this book because there were so many things that related to me on how he loves a sport so much and how he wanted to be successful at it and it gave me more and more ideas on how i can keep loving the game i love. Celebrated sportswriter Sam Smith was there for the entire ride. He reveals a candid and provocative picture of Michael Jordan during the season in which his legacy began to be defined, and seeks to figure out what drove him.While waiting for the next installment of The Last Dance to arrive, here are five books you can read to fill your Michael Jordan fix. Despite an unbelievably competitive nature on the court, Jordan is his mother's "laziest child," paying others to do his chores and holding a paying job for only one week. His competitive light came on only in sports. The legend of Michael being left off his high school varsity team is explored, that is somewhat of a complicated story but the logic made sense at the time. This list of books covers the life and career of Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time. It includes biographies, autobiographies, and other books about his life. Basketball journalist Roland Lazenby spent almost thirty years covering Michael Jordan’s career in college and the pros. He witnessed Jordan’s growth from a skinny rookie to the instantly recognizable global ambassador for basketball whose business savvy and success have millions of kids still wanting to be just like Mike. Yet Lazenby also witnessed the Michael Jordan whose drive and appetite are more fearsome and more insatiable than any of his fans could begin to know.

Jordan’s words “Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.” in this quote he said that to not let people tell you things that will make you not want to do what you really want and believe in. Michael believed that he could become a famous basketball player and could be something in life. Some people believed in him and some people didn’t and Jordan didn’t listen to them because he knows that he was good. This book was nice because it has comments from teammates and people who worked will him and they wrote things about he and wrote he it felt to work will him and how he was when he is not playing basketball. Michael also talked about then and how it felt to play with them. La obra podrá parecer extensa (unas 700 y pico de páginas), pero no se sienten para nada. La forma de escribir del autor es tan certera pero, a la vez, tan amena que el libro se te va muy rápido. Me gustó que no hiciera énfasis en lo que está documentado a nivel de cancha (cosas que puedes ver en Youtube, o en su documental "The Last Dance"), sino que nos presentan los sucesos "tras bambalinas" que un aficionado de a pie (como yo) nunca supimos; y que, en efecto, nos da una buena idea de todo lo que podría rondar por la cabeza de Michael Jordan.The List of Books About Michael Jordan is a compilation of biographies, autobiographies, autobiographical novels, and other works about the life and career of the basketball legend. The list is intended to provide an overview of the available materials on the former Chicago Bulls star, and to help researchers, fans, and casual readers alike find the best books about Michael Jordan. It includes works written by Jordan himself, as well as books about him by journalists, biographers, and other authors. The list is meant to be comprehensive, so it includes books from all eras of Jordan’s career, from his college days to his retirement in 2003.

Michael Jordan is a legendary basketball player who is widely regarded as the greatest of all time. He played in the NBA for 15 seasons, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls and earning five MVP awards. He was a 14-time All-Star and a 10-time scoring champion. He also won two Olympic gold medals with the USA Men’s Basketball team. He is the only player in NBA history to be named MVP of the All-Star Game, the regular-season, and the playoffs in the same year. After his retirement from basketball, Jordan became an entrepreneur, and is now the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. His legacy lives on in the form of his iconic sneakers, apparel, and a statue outside the United Center. Purpose of the List of Books About Michael Jordan My favorite quote is "Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ballpark." This has a deep meaning to me because it is saying its better to try and fail rather than to not try at all. Inspires me to play my best no matter how good the other competition is. As long as I give it my best.This quote stood out over all the others because it was most inspiring to me to give it my best no matter the difficulties or competition.Rare Air: Michael on Michael is an incredibly detailed and personal book from the legendary Michael Jordan. Written in collaboration with Mark Vancil, the book takes readers through Jordan’s life, from his early days as a basketball player to his years as a professional athlete. Jordan’s honest and detailed account of his life is captivating, providing a unique insight into the life and career of the greatest basketball player of all time. The book also features photos from throughout Jordan’s life and career, giving readers an even more intimate look at his life. A must-read for any basketball fan, Rare Air is a definitive look at the life and career of Michael Jordan. The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net. The Jordan Rules chronicles the season that changed everything for Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. After losing in the playoffs to the “Bad Boys” Detroit Pistons for three consecutive years, the Bulls finally broke through and swept the Pistons in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, on the way to their first NBA championship. The book that I read was For the Love of the Game: My Story by Micheal Jordan himself. This story is told by one of the greatest of all-time and how he became a legend. He begins the story with how he started his professional career. He reflected on his college career and what he went through while he was at North Carolina. He explains how all the attention he was getting from reporters did not change his play style. This is a story that truly shows a Great in the making.