GOAT MJ quotes

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2quik4u
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Apr 21, 2010 9:43pm
God damn this guy was ruthless, its funny that everyone wants to bitch about how Kobe acts and what he says about his teammates. He doesn't even come close to Jordan.

"I'll let them stand up and take responsibility for themselves."

"They've got no idea what it's all about. The white guys, they work hard, but they don't have the talent. And the rest of them? Who knows what to expect? They're not good for much of anything."

"We have to do some things. We need to make some changes."

"...I call them 'the Looney Tunes.' Physically, they were the best. Mentally, they weren't even close."

"He's scared. He's got no heart...Nobody told me that. If I had spoken up, he wouldn't have been here."

"I know I can recognize what to do, but I'm not sure they can."

"It's a hell of a lot easier to make Earl Monroe look good than it is Brad Sellers."

"I hope there's a jumpshot in there." - Michael to Stacey King who was walking into the locker room with a box

"They don't need a ticket to watch you sitting on the bench. They can go to your house for that." - Michael to Charles Davis who was sorting through his tickets for his family and friends

"Give me the ****ing ball." - Michael to Doug Collins who drew up a play for Dave Corzine

"I hate when I have to read that in the papers the next day, that I couldn't do something. It wasn't my fault."

"You're an idiot. You've screwed up every play we ever ran. You're too stupid to even remember the plays. We ought to get rid of you." - Michael to Horace Grant

"I hate being out there with those garbagemen. They don't get you the ball."

"If you [pass the ball to Bill Cartwright], you'll never get the ball from me."

"We're not winning because of talent. We're just beating bad teams."

"Headache tonight, Scottie?" - Michael asks Scottie, while showing him his 2-for-16 line

"It's probably a twelve-day. He needs two days to wake up." - Michael on a ten-day contract teammate

"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."

"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."

"If I were a general manager, we'd be a better team."

"He can't do anything with the ball. Don't give it to him." - Michael yelling at Paxson who passed the ball to Perdue

"We're beating a lot of poor teams. So what? We won a lot of games last year, too. Will Horace and Bill still be playing at this level in the playoffs...Can Pip keep it up?"

"I know what's gonna happen. We'll wait until the last minute and then they'll say something like they couldn't get a deal done because of the cap or somebody pulled out at the last minute. It happens here all the time. I don't know why I'm surprised every year."

"You ever hear of a guy, six-eleven maybe and two hundred sixty pounds, a guy big and fat like that and he can't get but two rebounds, if that many, running all over the damn court and he gets two rebounds? Big guy like that and he gets one rebound. Can't even stick his ass into people and get more than that...Big, fat, fat guy. One rebound in three games. Power forward. Maybe they should call it powerless forward." - Michael ripping Stacey King a new one

"He was scared in there and panicking. He just lost it when Stockton scored." - Michael on B.J. Armstrong's mental fragility


"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue

"I want to prove the critics wrong...I want to see some serious moves from management, which I really haven't seen that much of yet, and I want to see more serious attitudes from my teammates this year when it comes to the playoffs. In the past, it's been more or less a joking thing, sort of a 'Well, we're here, so let's have a good time.'"

"I'm sure everything will be fine if we win, but if we start losing, I'm shooting."

"I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is."

"Your boy doesn't want to play. I'm tired of bailing his ass out." - Michael yelling at Jim Cleamons about Dennis Hopson

"I don't know about trading a 24 year-old guy for a 34 year-old guy." - Michael questioning the Oakley trade

"He's causing me too many turnovers." - Michael on Cartwright's inability to catch

"Why the hell don't you ever set a pick like that in a game?" - Michael yelling at Perdue after also hitting Perdue upside his head (led to the institution of the private curtain for practices)
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Apr 21, 2010 9:47pm
lol id of sucker punched jordan if he said some of that shit to me
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2quik4u
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Apr 21, 2010 9:47pm
"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue
this one was my favorite
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Apr 21, 2010 9:55pm
Ok first of all, times have changed. You can't compare Kobe and Jordan here.
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trackandccrunner
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Apr 21, 2010 9:57pm
Haha this one was good too.
"They're not interested in winning. They just want to sell tickets, which they can do because of me. They won't make any deals to make us better. And this Kukoc thing. I hate that. They're spending all their time chasing this guy."
MJ was the man though.
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devil1197
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Apr 21, 2010 10:00pm
I liked this one

"My gambling resulted in the death of my father"
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Apr 21, 2010 10:00pm
SQ_Crazies wrote: Ok first of all, times have changed. You can't compare Kobe and Jordan here.
can't just read a thread and be like that's funny..always has to start an argument lol
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Apr 21, 2010 10:01pm
"Five more years and I'm out of here. I'm marking these days on a calendar, like I'm in jail. I'm tired of being used by this organization, by the league, by the writers, by everyone."
That's my favorite.
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Apr 21, 2010 10:02pm
DeyDurkie5 wrote:
SQ_Crazies wrote: Ok first of all, times have changed. You can't compare Kobe and Jordan here.
I can't get this dick out of my mouth but I'm not trying that hard lol
What?
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Apr 21, 2010 10:02pm
Jordan also likely made Tiger look like AC Green. Times have changed, athletes are under more scrutiny. Jordan would be viewed worse than TO if he came around now.
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Apr 21, 2010 10:06pm


"Will Vanderbilt. He doesn't deserve to be named after a Big Ten school." - Michael on Will Perdue

That is hilarious.
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2quik4u
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Apr 21, 2010 10:06pm
SQ_Crazies wrote: Ok first of all, times have changed. You can't compare Kobe and Jordan here.
most of these quotes came from the book "The Jordan Rules" which came out in 93' so dont give me that shit
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Apr 21, 2010 10:43pm
I was about to say stfu with all of these jordan threads...but that was interesting.

dont give me times have changed bs
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Apr 21, 2010 11:14pm
This is my favorite:

"I'm glad I played before Lebron James came otherwise I'd be stuck in his shadow for my entire career"
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Footwedge
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Apr 21, 2010 11:16pm
Happy to see Jordan's team getting smoked in the playoffs. (Charlotte...not the Bulls).

Jordan had plenty of good players on his title teams...not just Pippen either.
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Apr 21, 2010 11:17pm
LOL, don't give you the times have changed BS?

Times have changed. The media is ten times bigger than it was in 1993.
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Apr 21, 2010 11:19pm
SQ_Crazies wrote: LOL, don't give you the times have changed BS?

Times have changed. The media is ten times bigger than it was in 1993.
that doesnt make it any better back then than it is now.
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Apr 21, 2010 11:27pm
No. It just makes it worse now, Kobe is still worse. You can't say that shit these days.

Fucking hilarious that you want to tell me that you can compare a time without the internet to now though. That's rich buddy.
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Apr 22, 2010 1:10am
I so wish Jordan was playing now with this media. They would fucking love him. It would be a love/hate relationship, but he would be absolutely priceless.
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Apr 22, 2010 1:14am
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Apr 22, 2010 1:16am
He's definitely backed up all his big talk with his run of success as an executive.

har har har
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Apr 22, 2010 1:17am
Looks like GOAT has been smokin' that oooooooooohhhhhwwwwweeeeeeee and snortin' that gooood stuff with Mr. Irvin.