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
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.
In practice
During a motivational speech to high school students.
I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
There 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.
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.
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.
Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.
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.
The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?
I don't fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.
The bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive from life is something you have earned.
I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's not like that. It happens overnight.
The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
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