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"Michael Jordan is the best ever. There shouldn't be any question in anyone's mind. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. He broke the mold. There is no one remotely close to him, Nate Thurmond says. Look at all the finals, he always carried his team. He willed them to another title each year. His greatness was well shown off and off the court. He follows up by saying it's his mental approach more so than his physical talent. He's been on top so long and he still goes out and does it every night (Thurmond, 61)." He was the best player in the league for years and everyone respected his talent. "There's no next Michael Jordan, says Magic Johnson. He continues saying, you can't compare anyone to him, what he has done for the game can never be matched. Michael Jordan will always be Michael Jordan and no one better (Johnson, 61). He's the greatest that ever played, in terms of doing things that Larry Bird and I never dreamed about." (62) Doug Collins says that, "Practice is what made him go. Every day he had this need to show who was the best. It's like `I'm the best today and I'm going to show you and tomorrow I'm going to show you and the next day I'm going to show you again.' That was how he competed. All t
Michael Jordan endured 14 years and the NBA yet still had not a flaw. Hubie Brown stated that, "He's stood the test of time. When you step back from it all, the 10 scoring titles, the championships rings, the MVPs, the consistency in the scoring, regular season and playoffs, the nine times First Team All -Defense, it's never been done before. When you lay it all out there he has to be the best ever." (Brown, 21) Rising star, Grant Hill says, "If there was a basketball player in Webster's dictionary, it would be a picture of Michael Jordan." (Grant Hill, 307) Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy on Michael Jordan says, "He does whatever it takes. You've got to be as nasty as he is." (Van Guny, 24) Johnny Dawkins says, "Jordan goes all out. Not just physically, like he used to, but now he out thinks you on both offense and defense. Of all the players, he's the most impressive. (Dawkins, 98) "Michael Jordan can flat out play the game of basketball better then any player in history. He has shown his skills for many years and has proven everything in the game of basketball that all us fans could even dream about. (Michael Jordan, Online) He has flat out dominated and everyone knows he's the greatest. Even after his retirement it's still shown that he is the best by winning the Sports Century's number 1 athlete." (Online) Alonzo Mourning states, "There's one player who is the perfect 10, and that player is Michael Jordan."(Online) College head coach Dean Smith says, "Jordan is the best ever, period. (Online) Michael Jordan's father once said, "I think Michael got so good because Larry (his older brother) used to beat him all the time. He always took losing hard. He only began beating Larry once he started really to grow. It was almost like as if he willed himself to grow." (James Jordan, 62) "We (our family) always tried
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