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ONE OF A KIND
“I don’t anticipate getting out of this
business. My competitive nature is I
want to succeed. It’s always been said
that when I can’t find a way to do
anything, I will find a way to do it.”
– Michael Jordan
H is career spans his lifetime, role, that as actor in the now classic film, Space
beginning the summer of Jam.
1984 when Jordan helped Jordan retired in 2003 with the NBA’s highest
the U.S. Olympic basketball scoring average of 30.1ppg. In April 2009, he
team win the gold and then during his NBA was inducted into the Naismith Memorial
debut with the Chicago Bulls when he helped Basketball Hall of Fame and in 2016, Jordan
the team make it to the playoffs, scoring an was presented with a Presidential Medal of
average of 28.2 points per game that season Freedom honored by Barack Obama.
and winning NBA Rookie of the Year.
From here on the legend was born. Jordan Now, the 21st century hero and billionaire “I believe greatness is an evolutionary
loves to play and had a ‘for the love of the game’ passes his time, for the love of the game, as the process that changes and evolves era
clause written into his contracts. He helped the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, and to era. Without Julius Erving, David
Chicago Bulls beat the Seattle Sonics in the continues to endorse Nike, Gatorade, Hanes, Thompson, Walter Davis, and Elgin
1995-96 season and the handsome basketball and Upper Deck. He also owns businesses and Baylor there would never have been a
star was also immortalized forever in a different restaurants and supports numerous charities. Michael Jordan. I evolved from them."
– Michael Jordan
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