Michael Jordan

"To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish."

"I feel like I'm the best, but I'm not going to let that get to my head."

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them."

"Everything I do, I do it to be the greatest."

"I think that's what it takes to be a champion - total commitment, complete dedication."

"Once you stop striving, you start dying."

"Leadership is not about being in charge. It's about taking care of those in your charge."

"I've always found that whatever you love doing, it pays off in the end."

"You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them."

"Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals."

"I would never say that I'm the greatest ever, but I'm going to take my talent as far as it will take me."

"The best teacher is experience and not through someone's mouth."

"Becoming a champion is all about mental toughness."

"I'm not a role model. I don't get paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court."

"What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last."

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed."

"Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it."

"My body is like a Ferrari that only sleeps 5 hours a day."

"The fundamentals of basketball haven't changed. What has changed is the athleticism."

"I don't have to give up my drive. I just have to balance it."

"You can't just stay in your own lane."

"I change my game every day. That keeps people guessing."

"I never wanted to believe that I was just going to be a one-dimensional talent."

"Having talent is not enough. You also have to have the desire to use it."

"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

"I never accepted losing as an option."

"I'm like a fireman when I go to work. When I go to the court, I put out fires."

"What it takes to be a champion is to believe in yourself when nobody else will."

"I felt like a different person when I was on the court."