Explain Why I Have Failed Over And Over In My Life Of Michael Jordan

“I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” (Michael Jordan) So many athletes get into slumps that they think they will never overcome. It gets into their head, and then they never do well. The key is to keep trying and to never give up, the feeling of overcoming something and then excelling is the greatest feeling.

“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot .. and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why... I succeed.” - Michael Jordan, This quote michael jordan made was very powerful and inspiring. With a man that was the best in nba at the time and in the speech he is talking about missing shots and game winner shots but he made how many shots. He doesn't talk about how good he was or how many rings he got. This speech was his way of telling not give up and you will succeed in whatever you're doing or whatever you are motivated in whatever you want to do. I connect to this quote in a lot of ways, By missing the

There’s a saying that everyone’s said at least once in their lifetime, I’m sure. It’s so cliché, but now I know that there is so much truth behind it. “Believe in yourself.” Rather than giving up on yourself, use your failures to make you better. Learn how to bounce back from adversity and learn from those experiences. This is called using your growth mindset. According to Carol Dweck, research psychologist, in her book Mindset, “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” It wasn’t until the summer between my junior and senior year of high school that I learned this and of course I learned it the hard way. I had played club basketball for four summers in a row with the Longmont Rush basketball club. I loved the game of basketball and I had spent countless hours working on my skills on the court. I even wanted to play in college. I already had schools scouting me. Unfortunately, in my final season, just before my senior year, my biggest fear came true.

Through his years of playing and coaching, John Wooden has become a wise man and has gained high-priced knowledge. Sharing his success with others, is one of Wooden’s main goals. Some people believe that success is always winning; however, this is not true at all. Defeat helps a team to be able to come back even stronger. Losses are not always terrible; they can help you learn from your mistakes in order to be able to execute better the next time. Wooden says “much as I hated to lose...this defeat was beneficial” (Wooden 155). With success, comes defeat. In order to succeed, you may need a few setbacks. Even though you might be fighting your hardest, you still might come up short, and that is acceptable. In this novel, Wooden tries to help the reader understand the different elements that come along with success. He uses his own personal experiences to inspire and impact the lives of coaches and players with his same

I believe Jimmy Connors best embodied my attitude toward failure in his iconic quote, “I hate to lose more than I love to win.” As someone who has actively participated in sports all throughout high school, as well as serving captain of the varsity football team this senior year, I am no stranger to Failure. As time goes on I have noticed the losses tend to stick more than the wins. I believe this is because of all the ‘what if’s that accompany failure. What if I had been a little bit faster? What if we didn’t drop that pass? What if we stopped that play? No matter the team, no matter how hard we played, every loss always left me with these same questions times 1000. However, no loss was more impactful than this year’s Thanksgiving day game

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.” –Lou Holtz. While this quote is directed towards sports, it also speaks to those who are not athletes. As in football, if something great is happening after a past of struggle, one should not become lazy and let this amazing thing slip away. Also, if a situation seems hopeless, how one reacts to it represents who he or she is as a person. A person can give up and give himself no chance despite what the outcome may be in the end.

For example, look at Michael Jordan you might think he was the best, but for once he never started. During his years of high school, Michael Jordan was consider one of the worst players. Michael Jordan did not let that drag him down instead he let that motivated him. He practise and practise shooting the same shoot over and over into he mastered it. Nothing was going to stop M.J. from becoming the

The first reason why winning is not the only thing because losing gives you the opportunity to learn from your loss and grow from it. Also, losing teaches sportsmanship which is an honorable quality to have. If the athlete is always winning then that quality will never be learned. Losing helps you grow, not only in your sport, but in life as well. A wise man

I soon realized that I needed help with getting my body better so I asked my mom for help and we got a personal trainer who helped me improve my body physique and conditioning greatly over the summer time. I realized this happening to me made me better, it made me work harder than I ever had before and it built me the confidence to go tryout for the jv basketball team. I made the jv team but faced a setback, I didn’t play a lot and slowly watched my minutes diminish to other players. This time I had been prepared from the time of me getting cut but also I realized that I always need to improve everyday and give everything I have which I failed to do. This hit me similar to the first failure because it hurt knowing I worked so hard and still wasn't getting as much playing time as everyone else or even sometimes not playing at all. Failure is one of the most natural things that occurs in someone’s everyday life and how we react to depends on the type of person that you are. Failure is not an easy thing to handle but I used it as fuel to get better and learned life lessons from my experiences with it. What I learned is to always work my tail off no matter what the circumstances could be and to fight through the negativity and

Trying matters; but, when it comes down to it, the point of playing sports or participating in competitive events is to win. So why settle? Understanding the difference between winning and losing is a critical life lesson. It teaches children how to deal with and triumph over adversity, especially those children do not always get what they want. It also teaches them how to bounce back and recover from loss, while also providing the drive and purpose to be better. Few lessons are more important than that ("Performance And Protection Spotlights").

Everything my team had worked for was gone, almost as fast as it started. The next few weeks were tough, I felt the blame for how things transpired. Until I came upon this quote, “ You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.” -Morgan Wooten. This quote inspired me not to solely focus on the past, but to look towards the future, my future.

I watched The Best Motivation Video, Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial and Best Motivational video ever by Nick Vujicic and I learned how they got to succeed after they been through fail like Michael Jordan like he said in his video (I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.) and we all know how is Michael Jordan was successful in his life, also he was one of the best basketball players in the whole world. Jordan accomplishment his life success by keep trying and never giving up dreams no matter what' happen. Learning from our mistakes is so important to be successful in this life, we all should remember life is a risk and we do not have anything to loss so we should take it.

I experienced failure as an assistant coach of the girl’s basketball team at Bethany Christian Middle School. Every loss we had weighed heavily on my shoulders, making me disappointed in myself, both as a coach and as a mentor to the girls on the team. I had the mindset that a coach’s job was solely to win, and I was doing the exact opposite of that. This negativity would radiate from my tone, body language, and overall demeanor. Eventually, it would spread to my players, and I could see how not enjoyable both the games and practices were becoming. It took me till about halfway through the season to look at this situation from a different perspective. It was then that I realized my true failure was not in failing to coach these girls to victory

The main focus should be to learn how to play sports, how to listen to a coach and be part of a team." That in fact is very true. Sports are important,but one will not always have them in life. Being a loser isn’t always necessary a bad thing. If you are given a trophy for everything you do, you will not learn how it feels to lose. Losing makes people want to improve in what they aren’t successful in. This therefore is a motivator in what they want to be fortunate in and continue to strive in

Athletes encounter failure every time they step out onto the court or field; but it is how they cope with that failure that makes them successful. In my life, I have experienced failure a countless