"I missed 9000 shots in my career,..." - Quote by Michael Jordan

“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.”

“I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet.”

“Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.”

“People see successes that men have made and somehow they appear to be easy. But that is a world away from the facts. It is failure that is easy. Success is always hard. A man can fail easily; he can succeed only by paying out all that he has and is.”

“The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.”

“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to...failure.”

“The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.”

“You have to be very productive in order to become excellent. You have to go through a poor period and a mediocre period, and then you move into your excellent period. It may be very well be that some of you have done quite a bit of writing already. You maybe ready to move into your good period and your excellent period. But you shouldn't be surprised if it becomes a very long process.”

“Have you ever climbed a mountain? You see, once you arrive at the top of a mountain, you think you've reached the highest point. But it's only an impression that doesn't last long.”