In his autobiography, For Love Of The Game: My Story, Jordan goes through his career from his being d

Most certainly, Jordan has reached superstardom in the United States as well as throughout the rest of the world. His abilities and performance on the basketball court have given us something to marvel at. There is no disputing the fact that Michael Jordan is synonymous with greatness. In our times, just as in any other time period, there is a need for positive role models in children’s lives. Jordan has the unique ability of being a role model to children no matter their age or race. As it says in one of his most famous commercials, who doesn’t want to “be like Mike”? Jordan captures the hopes, dreams, and imagination of children all over the world. White, Black, Hispanic, or any other, all want to be like Jordan. His positive presence on and off the court provides a role model for the masses. As Jordan said in the end of his autobiography, “Somewhere there is a little kid working to enhance what we’ve done. It may take awhile, but someone will come along who approaches the game the way I did. He won’t skip steps. He won’t be afraid. He will learn from my example, just I learned from others.”

As stated before, the lessons we can take for Jordan are not just in the statistics he put up as a player but also in the characteristics that he displayed while attaining his stardom status. The first of these characteristics is the work ethic he showed to become the kind of great caliber that he did. An example of this work ethic can be seen from the very beginning of his entrance into the NBA. Jordan demanded a clause in his initial contract with the Bulls that he called “Love of the Game Clause.” This clause basically said that Jordan could play basketball in the off season without having to worry about being cut from the team if he was injured. During this time a very low percentage of players had the freedom to play out of season without worrying about potentially hurting themselves and having their contracts taken away. In Jordan’s own words he says, “I needed to play.....I used the summer to improve.....I needed to be able to play the game of basketball without consequence.” Jordan’s work ethic would not allow him to take the summer off. He demanded better of himself. In one more instance we can see Jordan’s work ethic in another area outside of basketball. Jordan said, “If anyone didn’t think I was serious it was because they could not see the blood dripping off my hands or those 6 a.m. batting sessions.” He was spea

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