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Michael Jordan



This motivational basketball quote, "I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying" comes from a preeminent NBA athlete, a man who has led his team to six NBA championships and has earned numerous MVP awards.

Michael Jordan was born into a working class family in Brooklyn but spent his growing up years in Wilmington, North Carolina. Much of the success of Jordan’s career can be attributed to his determination to become a better athlete.

Apparently, Jordan had a bit of a problem with losing games of one on one to his older brother. Larry, amazingly, is even taller than Michael and as boys this seemed to give him an edge over the now famous ‘Air Jordan.’ Michael, however, was not about to let that get in his way and with sheer dogged determination kept on trying, just as he indicates in his motivational basketball quote. The rest, as they say, is history.