I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
Michael JordanRead
Life is a sport...drink it up.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Life is an experience to be fully embraced and enjoyed, much like a sport.
Michael Jordan's quote suggests that life, akin to a sport, requires active participation, enthusiasm, and the readiness to face challenges. By encouraging us to 'drink it up,' he emphasizes the importance of savoring every moment and fully engaging with the opportunities and experiences life offers.
Themes
LifeSportExperienceEnjoymentEnthusiasm
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech to high school students.
More from Michael Jordan
All quotes βThere are no shortcuts. I approached practices the same way I approached games. You can't turn it on and off like a faucet. I couldn't dog it during practice and then, when I needed that extra push late in the game, expect it to be there. Very few people get anywhere by taking shortcuts.
Michael JordanRead
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 JordanRead
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 JordanRead
Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.
Michael JordanRead
Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.
Michael JordanRead
Similar quotes
One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheRead
Life is like arriving late for a movie, having to figure out what was going on without bothering everybody with a lot of questions, and then being unexpectedly called away before you find out how it ends.
Joseph CampbellRead
One lifetime is not enough to live
Bob MarleyRead
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms." I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently. "I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms.
Haruki MurakamiRead
I donβt want to be a Princess,β she said finally. βYou canβt make me be one.β She knew very well what became of Princesses, as Princesses often get books written about them. Either terrible things happened to them, such as kidnappings and curses and pricking fingers and getting poisoned and locked up in towers, or else they just waited around till the Prince finished with the story and got around to marrying her. Either way, September wanted nothing to do with Princessing.
Catherynne M. ValenteRead