Famous Quotes

"When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing."

Michael Jordan on God

More quotes about God

• "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

  Abraham Lincoln on God

• "We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls."

  Mother Teresa on God

• "When the solution is simple, God is answering."

  Albert Einstein on God

• "While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation."

  Maya Angelou on God

• "Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God."

  Lawrence Welk on God

More quotes by Michael Jordan

• "My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."

• "I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude."

• "The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are."

• "I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges."

• "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."