Michael Jordan

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker, I'm not nothing. I'm old school.

I've never been afraid to fail.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

I've had tendinitis since college.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

I wasn't really a work-conscious type of person. I was a player. I loved to play sports.

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.

How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.

As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.

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

I do not have a problem, I enjoy gambling, but I think people are trying to make it seem like I have a problem, because people really don't know.

I like control.

Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.

Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.

In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

I won't have any competitive instincts in any sports, other than golf. I can't see being competitive in sports any more.