Quote of the day by Michael Jordan: “The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me….”

Michael
Jo da
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Wikipedia)

G eat
achieveme ts
a ely
happe
by
accide t.
Behi d
almost
eve y
ext ao di a y
success
sits
a
lo g
st etch
of
discipli e,
sac ifice
a d
ge ui e
commitme t.

Michael
Jo da
captu ed
exactly
that
elatio ship
with
basketball
i
a
si gle
st iki g
compa iso .
“The
game
is
my
wife,”
he
said.
“It
dema ds
loyalty
a d
espo sibility,
a d
it
gives
me
back
fulfillme t
a d
peace.”
Fo
Jo da ,
basketball
was
eve
simply
a
job
o
a
oute
to
fame.
It
asked
fo
eal
dedicatio ,
a d
i
etu
it
gave
him
somethi g
wo th
just
as
much,
a
lesso
he
etu ed
to
epeatedly
ac oss
a
ca ee
defi ed
by
a
u usually
co siste t,
sustai ed
level
of
commitme t.

Quote
of
the
day
by
Michael
Jo da

“The
game
is
my
wife.
It
dema ds
loyalty
a d
espo sibility,
a d
it
gives
me
back
fulfillme t
a d
peace”

What
is
the
mea i g
behi d
the
quote
by
Michael
Jo da

Jo da
is
compa i g
basketball
to
a
lifelo g
elatio ship.
A
ge ui e
elatio ship
dema ds
loyalty,
eal
atte tio
a d
a
se se
of
espo sibility,
a d
Jo da
believed
his
ow
co ectio
to
the
game
asked
fo
exactly
the
same
thi gs.
He
had
to
t ai
co siste tly,
keep
eal
discipli e,
a d
accept
the
sac ifices
that
came
with
pe fo mi g
at
the
ve y
highest
level.
I
etu ,
the
game
gave
him
somethi g
equally
valuable,
a
ge ui e
se se
of
fulfilme t
a d
peace.
The
quote
is
eally
suggesti g
that
mea i gful
dedicatio
was
eve
o ly
about
what
someo e
gives
up.

It
is
just
as
much
about
what
that
commitme t
gives
back.

A
compa io
quote
that
goes
eve
fu the

Jo da
expa ded
o
this
same
idea
elsewhe e,
desc ibi g
basketball
i
eve
mo e
pe so al
te ms.
“The
game
of
basketball
has
bee
eve ythi g
to
me,”
he
said.
“My
place
of
efuge,
place
I’ve
always
go e
whe e
I
eeded
comfo t
a d
peace.
It’s
bee
the
site
of
i te se
pai
a d
the
most
i te se
feeli gs
of
joy
a d
satisfactio .
It’s
a
elatio ship
that
has
evolved
ove
time,
give
me
the
g eatest
espect
a d
love
fo
the
game.”
Read
alo gside
today’s
quote,
it
becomes
clea
this
was
eve
a
passi g
compa iso .
It
eflected
somethi g
Jo da
ge ui ely
felt
ac oss
his
e ti e
ca ee .

Why
eal
commitme t
is
esse tial
fo
success

Tale t
ca
c eate
a
eal
oppo tu ity,
but
commitme t
is
what
actually
decides
what
someo e
does
with
it.
Jo da
became
o e
of
basketball’s
g eatest
playe s
ot
pu ely
th ough
atu al
ability,
but
because
he
kept
i vesti g
eal
time
a d
effo t
i to
getti g
bette ,
yea
afte
yea .
Co siste t
commitme t
is
eally
what
tu s
aw
pote tial
i to
actual
pe fo ma ce.

Why
discipli e
ca
ge ui ely
c eate
f eedom

Discipli e
usually
gets
associated
with
est ictio .
I
p actice,
discipli ed
habits
te d
to
c eate
mo e
f eedom
athe
tha
less.
Someo e
who
co siste tly
p epa es,
p actises
a d
imp oves
becomes
co side ably
mo e
capable
of
ha dli g
a
eal
challe ge
whe
it
actually
a ives.
The
co fide ce
that
comes
f om
that
p epa atio
lets
a
pe so
pe fo m
without
co sta tly
seco d-guessi g
whethe
they
a e
actually
eady.

Why
mea i gful
wo k
ca
ge ui ely
p ovide
fulfilme t

Wo k
ofte
gets
viewed
pu ely
as
a
way
to
ea
a
livi g.
People
ca
also
fi d
eal
ide tity,
pu pose
a d
satisfactio
th ough
what
they
do,
a d
Jo da ‘s
ow
elatio ship
with
basketball
shows
exactly
how
a
mea i gful
pu suit
ca
become
a
ce t al
pa t
of
someo e’s
life.
O ce
wo k
ge ui ely
alig s
with
eal
passio
a d
pu pose,
effo t
sta ts
to
feel
ewa di g
athe
tha
simply
dema di g.

Why
loyalty
matte s
th ough
the
difficult
st etches

Loyalty
mea s
stayi g
committed
eve
o ce
thi gs
ge ui ely
get
difficult.
Eve y
wo thwhile
pu suit
u s
i to
eal
f ust atio ,
failu e,
setbacks
a d
fatigue
at
some
poi t.
People
who
stay
committed
th ough
those
difficult
st etches
te d
to
be
the
o es
who
eve tually
expe ie ce
the
actual
ewa ds
that
o ly
come
f om
sustai ed,
lo g-te m
developme t.

Why
espo sibility
atu ally
follows
eal
ambitio

Wa ti g
success
is
the
easy
pa t.
Actually
accepti g
the
espo sibility
equi ed
to
each
it
is
co side ably
ha de .
Jo da ‘s
quote
ties
loyalty
di ectly
to
espo sibility
because
ge ui e
commitme t
always
equi es
eal
actio ,
taki g
ow e ship
of
you
ow
p epa atio ,
you
ow
decisio s
a d
you
ow
pe fo ma ce.

Why
sac ifice
is
simply
pa t
of
eal
achieveme t

Ext ao di a y
goals
usually
equi e
givi g
up
some
ge ui ely
o di a y
comfo ts
alo g
the
way.
Time
that
could
go
towa d
elaxi g
sometimes
has
to
go
towa d
p actisi g
i stead.
Jo da ‘s
e ti e
ca ee
is
a
demo st atio
of
how
sustai ed,
epeated
sac ifice
ca
eve tually
p oduce
ge ui ely
ext ao di a y
esults.

Why
this
idea
eaches
well
beyo d
basketball

Jo da ‘s
u de lyi g
philosophy
applies
to
almost
a y
mea i gful
pu suit.
A
musicia
ca
t eat
thei
c aft
with
exactly
the
same
level
of
dedicatio .
A
e t ep e eu
ca
commit
fully
to
buildi g
a
compa y.
A
stude t
ca
devote
themselves
to
p ope ly
maste i g
a
subject.
The
u de lyi g
p i ciple
stays
the
same
eve ywhe e
it
applies,
mea i gful
achieveme t
equi es
sustai ed,
ge ui e
commitme t.

Othe
famous
quotes
by
Michael
Jo da

Why
this
quote
is
eleva t
today

Jo da ‘s
wo ds
a e
a
emi de
that
success
was
eve
simply
about
possessi g
tale t.
It
is
about
actually
buildi g
a
eal
elatio ship
with
the
pu suit
itself.
O ce
somethi g
ge ui ely
matte s
to
a
pe so ,
discipli e
becomes
co side ably
easie
to
sustai ,
because
the
effo t
behi d
it
actually
ca ies
eal
mea i g.
“The
game
is
my
wife.
It
dema ds
loyalty
a d
espo sibility,
a d
it
gives
me
back
fulfillme t
a d
peace”
is
eally
mo e
tha
a
quote
about
basketball.
It
teaches
that
mea i gful
pu suits
dema d
co siste cy,
espo sibility
a d
eal
sac ifice,
but
they
ca
also
give
back
somethi g
ge ui ely
i valuable
i
etu ,
a
se se
of
pu pose,
satisfactio
a d
lasti g
fulfilme t.

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