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 Respect

More quotes about Respect

• "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Respect

• "Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized."

  Albert Einstein on Respect

• "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

  Albert Einstein on Respect

• "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery."

  Malcolm X on Respect

• "If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem."

  Abraham Lincoln on Respect

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."