“It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.”

American businessman and former professional basketball player

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, known as MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball and baseball player. Born in 1963, he played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003 and won six championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time and one of the most influential sports figures in history. During the 1980s and 1990s, he helped make basketball and the NBA far more popular around the world.