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I've missed over 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

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The sad thing about success is that most people only send the end result; success. They do not see all the sweat and tears that got a person to the desired result. Michael Jordan was not born with a basketball in his hands. He developed an extraordinary will to succeed. That will propelled him to do the extra work necessary to achieve what his mind showed him could be his. When many of us were sleep, or watching T.V Mike was working on his game.

I like what he said about his failures. It is not as if he succeeded from day one. He has had his share of failures. But he pushed through them. He got up, dusted his self off, and kept going. He worked harder, and harder. Then people started to notice him. They noticed his success. They noticed what the countless hours in the gym got him. Made jump shots, slam dunks, defensive stops were only the results of silent days and nights in the gym with no one else around. What he did in private revealed itself in public. We did not see the private times though. You want success? There will be a lot of private times before the public ever cheers. Ask Mike. He'll tell you.