Michael Jordan to the Max Page #2

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and he said, "Take a drink of this water.

Clear that stuff off your mouth.

"Im not going to let you

lose your first game."

The level of faith that l have

in anything in life

is taught to you from your parents.

It is a trait that l would never

trade anything for.

And if l can ever pass anything

on to my kids,

it would be to be optimistic

about everything in life.

He was only a freshman at

the University of North Carolina,

but with the 1982 NCAA Championship

at stake,

his team's fate was in his hands,

and he never hesitated.

Goes back to Michael Jordan,

jumper from out on the left!

The Tar Heels are going to win

the National Championship!

After l hit the shot,

my father came to me and said

this was the start of something big.

He didn't know what it was.

l didn't know what it was.

But l did believe him.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to flight 23.

Please make sure your seat belts

are securely fastened

and extinguish all smoking materials.

Michael came along at a time

when globalization really was occurring

and an explosion in media was occurring

and he helped drive that explosion.

Yo, Mike, what makes you

the best player in the universe?

-Is it the haircut?

-No, Mars.

Is it the shoes?

There have been so many things

that he has popularized,

the shorts, the shoes. "Must be the shoes."

Money, it's got to be

the shoes! Shoes! Shoes!

l think Michael's transcended

every boundary

of gender and race and age and sport.

l think he's become sort of

a part of our everyday culture.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots

in my career.

l think what made him so special

as a marketing icon, is that he was natural.

Today, when everyone

really tries to be like Mike,

they're trying so hard to invent a persona,

l think that people see through that

and it doesn't stand the test of time.

Ive failed over and over and over again

in my life,

and that is why l succeed.

Good afternoon, everyone,

and welcome once again

to Bulls basketball, Playoff basketball,

as we move to the

Eastern Conference Finals,

the Bulls and the Indiana Pacers.

These two teams were two and two

in the regular season.

But the rivalry really begins on

a Sunday afternoon in Chicago,

Miller and Jordan and a cast of characters

that is not afraid to win.

There's Michael, slips and falls down,

gets back up into the lane,

hops through, falls,

fires on the rim and it's good!

The Indiana Pacers, with their

outside shooting and physical play,

were a team custom-built

to defeat Michael and the Bulls.

In the first two games of the series,

even though the Bulls

would win both games,

it was clear that the Pacers would pose

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