He is a man many elders and young people look up to in life. ... (Dolan 67) Even though he was such a great player, he was criticized by people stating, "Michael will never win a championship if he doesn't became a team player. ... He also makes a line of clothing for sports and a line of clothing for businessmen. ... People love to watch him play just because he makes it seem so easy, and graceful. ...
." - (Phil Jackson) This quote came from one of the all time greatest coaches in all sports and possibly the best coach ever in the NBA. ... The only activity he was aloud to participate in was music and sports. ... Some people thought coach Jackson's coaching style was a little crazy because he did it different than all the other coaches. ... After while people seen the winning results of his unorthodox style of coaching and never questioned him anymore. ...
Part of being a role model includes setting a good moral standard for the people who watch sports on television especially the kids that watch them. " Athletes can deeply affect children at a critical stage in development. ... It seems as though there has been a lot of negative examples in sports world lately. One of the negative examples was published in the December 23rd issue of Sports Illustrated of last year. ... He also wanted to remind people that after he gives this food to the people that there will still be hungry people in the world, and it is our job to help these less fortunate pe...
Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and Stephen King; what do all these people have in common? ... To me success means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. ... Some people don't have that luxury and bow out of college prematurely. ... My cousin Kelsey graduated college with a degree in sports medicine, a job at Enterprise rent a car was the job she got and is currently working. ... The downside to having majors like music and sports medicine is that it's not likely you will earn a large salary. ...
What makes Michael so special is the infectious nature of his spirit, he has inspired countless people around the world to succeed in what they do. Jordan has become more than sports superstar, he is a global icon and a figure of inspiration. ... I went from being a care-free kid with lots of friends and a big interest in sports, to a kid who seldom hung out with friends and frequently went straight home on the bus instead of trying out for any of the sports I played. My confidence was very low and it started to impact areas of my life other than school and sports. ... There were eighteen spot...
"Blue Ribbon Sports" was what they named their little new company. ... But by the 1990s, when it was worn by Knight endorsers Michael Jordan, golfer Tiger Woods, and tennis champion Pete Sampras, among many others, the Swoosh had become the most recognizable commercial logo in global sports. ... Her design made it possible for people in faraway lands whose languages did not easily translate the word Nike to identify Nike products simply by the Swoosh. ... Knight had discovered that endorsement by sports champions, the most universally recognized celebrities, was the most effective marketing p...
Despite all of the people who had made fun of his height and speaking disabilities, "The Stilt" which was a common nickname he hated managed to work harder than any other athlete in the country and, coming out of high school, he was one of the top-rated basketball players in America (Straub, Browne 3). ... One way he tried to get out in the open besides sports was tape-recording a show once a week on station KLWN in Lawrence, playing records and talking about sports (6). ...
