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“Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach - he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heard goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.”
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-- Michael Jordan

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“I'm not wearing that shoe, I'll look like a clown.”
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-- Michael Jordan lorsqu'il découvrit pour la première fois la Air Jordan I

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“Seuls Jésus et Michael Jordan sont parfaits.”
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-- Metta World Peace

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“ Je ne pense pas que j'aurais perdu un seul match. Sauf peut-être contre Kobe étant donné qu'il m'a piqué tous mes moves.”
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-- Michael Jordan au sujet de Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Julius Erving, Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James et Dwyane Wade

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“ Dans l'esprit des américains, personne n'a remplacé Michael Jordan.”
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-- Xavier Vaution, consultant beIN SPORTS

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“Jordan avait une énergie toute carnassière, quelque chose d'hors norme face à la pression, ce fameux impact dans le ''money time''. Ce même money time où nos sportifs si excellents soient ils ont plus de mal. Jordan était inégalable dans son refus total de la défaite.”
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-- Alain Dolium, homme d'affaire et homme politique français

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“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”
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-- Michael Jordan

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“I would not have teamed up with Larry and Magic. I wanted to beat them.”
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-- Michael Jordan

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“I can never stop working hard each day. I feel I have to improve. Hard work, determination…I've got to keep pushing myself. I remember when I was five years old…dunking in trash cans on my knees, waiting for that day I would be able to really do it. And then one day, it happened.I was in the ninth grade. It was a Junior Varsity game and I was only 5'8″. And in practice I had never been able to get up that high. But the adrenaline was pumping, and I just took off. It all happened so fast. I wasn't quite sure what I'd done, but you know I just really love that feeling.”
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-- Michael Jordan

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“Michael Jordan is immortalized in the minds and the hearts of everyone who ever saw him play. He goes into the Basketball Hall of Fame the weekend of Sept 10-12. It finally makes the Hall of Fame complete.”
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-- Sam Smith, sportswriter

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“J'ai réalisé que j'ai mis ma vie en danger, tout ça pour un match de basket…”
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-- Michael Jordan, à l'issue du match 5 des Finals NBA 1997 face à Utah

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“By the time you see me coming, it's too late.”
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-- Michael Jordan

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“Je me souviendrai toujours de cette soirée au cours de laquelle Michael et moi avons scoré, à nous deux, 70 points.”
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-- Stacey King, le 28 mars 1990 face aux Cavs, qui n'avait marqué qu'un 1 point contre 69 pour Jordan

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“ It's like chicken-fighting with a woman. His game is all this flopping type thing. He weighs only 195 pounds, so you have to be careful. Don't touch him, or it's a foul. On offense I use my 215 pounds and just move him out. But he has his hands on you all the time, like a woman holding your waist. I just want to beat his hands off becausee it's illegal. it irritates me.”
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-- Michael Jordan au sujet de son accrochage avec Reggie Miller en février 1993

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“La motivation de Jordan, quelque part, c'est pathologique.”
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-- Pascal Coville, L'Equipe