Wilmington, North Carolina. He has two brothers, is married, and has three kids. He is considered by

many to be the greatest basketball player of all time (Kornbluth). My focus will be on his hardships,

accomplishments, and people who influenced him.

First, I would like to touch on some general information about Michael. He wears number 23 on

his jersey because he considered it to be half of his brother's number, 45. He had wanted 45 because it was

his brother's number and he deeply admired his brother, but he was on the same team as his brother so he

needed to pick a different number. His most well known superstition is that he wears his University of

North Carolina basketball shorts under his game shorts.

When Michael was a kid, his favorite sport was not basketball. In fact, it was baseball. He was a

pitcher on a little league team. He played baseball because he was short (Kornbluth). Later in his life, he

would try to leave the NBA and play major league baseball.

Michael was not always rich. His parents had to work two and three jobs each to support the family.

Before Michael's dad built him a basketball court in his b

1993, and 1996. In 1988 Michael would win the first of four league MVP honors, the others being 1991,

United States Olympic basketball team. The team was composed of the best NBA players and was

baseball, especially because he was being criticized because he was not too good at baseball. Michael

would come back to basketball with 17 games left in the regular season. The Bulls would make the

lose and end up getting in a fight with his brother. This caused Michael to be extremely determined to

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