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"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed..." ~Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan has a way with words:

"I've missed more than 9000 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."

The source of that line is 30 inspirational entrepreneur quotes.

It reminds me of Winston Churchill's line,

"Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

Or as I blogged,

"Knocked down seven times, get up eight!"

If you're still not pumped, watch 40 motivational speeches in 2 minutes.

Now, get in there!

4:26 PM Nov 15 2011

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needed a quote like that today, thanks

3:03 PM Jun 13 2011

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Happily, Jeffrey. Being an entrepreneur means riding an emotional roller coaster.

3:09 PM Jun 13 2011

But you don't have to ride alone, cause your 106 homies will be in the car with you -- screaming and puking :)

3:21 PM Jun 13 2011

The key is not to ride alone.

Justin.tv talks about Airbnb's struggles.

See also: Lessons from early LinkedIn.

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12:28 AM Jul 17 2012

That's kinda funny, because for years I have been telling people that every shot Michael Jordan missed, was another step in his success. Thomas Edison said that he di not look at any of his hundreds of attempts to invent the lightbulb as failures only learning tools towards getting the result. I say take the word failure out of our vocabulary!

3:18 PM Jun 13 2011

charlie.sheensignedmypainting

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3:55 PM Jun 13 2011

I just read the book, The Talent Code. Highly recommend it. Explores hot beds of talent to examine what common themes exist amongst people who succeed... and demystifies the process

11:07 PM Jun 18 2011

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Actually, even Talentcode.com has a lot of good insights. Thanks, Emily!

12:10 PM Jun 19 2011

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Well said. Thomas Edison tried thousands of filaments while failing to make a working long-lasting light bulb, and I believe the line is, “I never failed. I simply discovered 10,000 ways not to do it!”

3:51 PM Jun 13 2011

adam.rifkin

3:54 PM Jun 13 2011

‎"I have not failed. I've simply discovered 10,000 ways that don't work." ~Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) American inventor, scientist and businessman

10:48 PM Aug 27 2012

You always say that.

8:48 PM Jun 13 2011

Pruning threads might be a useful feature on 106miles.net ...

8:48 PM Jun 13 2011

By the way, what do you think of my Gaga Painting?

6:52 PM Jun 13 2011

charlie.sheensignedmypainting

8:48 PM Jun 13 2011

12:52 PM Jun 14 2011

"4sq is not 2 years of success, but 10 years of my failures" says @dens

I'm glad he pointed that out because on first glance it isn't obvious how much he struggled.

I'm referring to this line in the billion dollar valuations Convo.

12:13 PM Jun 18 2011

"we're walking off the floor and Tex look at me and says 'you know, there's no 'i' in team'. And I said 'Tex, there's not, there's not an 'i' in team, but there's an 'i' in win.'"

9:28 PM Jun 14 2011

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There is a ME in team but I like the way you say it better, Ed.

8:39 AM Jun 15 2011

10:47 AM Aug 09 2011

adam.rifkin

Love. :-)

10:51 AM Aug 09 2011

sugandh

Love more, fear less.

4:19 PM Aug 15 2011

Time for "Forty, rest, and motion", Adam?

7:54 PM Aug 09 2011

udhay.shankar

Time for something, Udhay. Maybe time to try again.

4:19 PM Aug 15 2011

How bad do you want it?

5:36 AM Nov 10 2011

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9:16 AM Apr 18 2012

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