"You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise."

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Source : Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

Michael Jordan

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“In the history of humanity there are no civilizations or cultures which fail to manifest, in one or a thousand ways, this need for an absolute that is called heaven, freedom, a miracle, a lost paradise to be regained, peace, the going beyond History... There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.... Humanity has always had a nostalgia for the freedom that is only beauty, that is only real; life, plenitude, light.”
“The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it.”
“The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There were two free public libraries within walking distance of my home; I remember taking six books home from every visit, the limit set by the library.”
“I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.”
“At some point, I had to make a decision: I could practice more and become a really great guitar player or I could work on writing better songs. There are only so many hours in the day, and I found writing songs more fulfilling than working on becoming this virtuoso guitar player.”
“Let me say this: I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind.”
“You canâ€™t make a life-altering decision for someone else and expect it to stick.”

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