Michael Jordan

I've missed over 9000 shots in my career, I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game's winning shot and missed. I've failed over & over & over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

One of his very popular quotes just tell you how the legendary basketball player turned it around for himself with sheer grit and determination.

Jordan was scrapped from the High School Team and at 5'11″ was deemed too short to play at that level and was told to lack skills.

Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I ought to stop, I'd close my eyes and see that list in the locker room without my name on it, and that usually got me going again.

But he never gave up. Living on the principle of "I can accept failure but I cannot accept not trying," Jordan scripted one of the best failure to success stories as he went on to become the best player in the history of the sport.