He punched Bulls teammate Steve Kerr in the face during a scrimmage
Kerr said he talked back to MJ during training camp, and then:
"He punched me in the face…It was one of the best things that ever happened for me. I needed to stand up and go back at him. I think I earned some respect. But, we have a great relationship ever since…you gotta prove it and then once you prove it, you're fine."
Source: Dan Patrick Show
He once trash-talked Bill Clinton on the golf course
They two were playing golf together when MJ forced the former president to play from the furthest away tees.
"You're going to play from the little girls' tees?" Jordan asked him.
Source: WSJ
At age 50, he is currently trying to lose 45 pounds to get down to his playing weight of 218
Source: ESPN
He trashed all his doubters in his Hall of Fame induction speech, saying of Bulls GM Jerry Krause, "I don't know who invited him … I didn't."
He allegedly ruined Rodney McCray's career by dominating him in $100 post-practice shooting games
ESPN's Rick Reilly says he witnessed Jordan eviscerate McCray in practice in 1993.
A source told him: "MJ is in Rodney's face, screaming, 'You're a loser! You've always been a loser!' Rodney can hardly put up a jumper now."
He played a Bobcats player one-on-one recently, and had to get treatment from the trainer the next day
Source: ESPN
He forced Dream Team coach Chuck Daly to play him in golf by pounding on his hotel room door
Rick Reilly reported that Jordan lost to Daly in golf in Monte Carlo. The next morning, he pounded on Daly's door at their hotel until Daly finally agreed to go play him again. Jordan won.
Source: SI
He had final say on who made the Dream Team
In his book on the Dream Team last year, Jack McCollum hinted that no one was allowed on the team unless Jordan wanted him on the team.
He once told Shaq exactly what he was going to do against his teammate, and it worked
Shaq says Jordan told him:
"I'm coming down. I'm going to dribble it between my legs twice. I'm going to pump fake and then I'm going to shoot a jumper. And then I'm going to look at you. And that's exactly what he did."
Source: Dan Patrick Show
He played through the flu and scored 38 points
It was the pivotal game of the 1997 NBA Finals.
Jordan had a nasty flu, but he dropped 38 points and the Bulls won. They won the series two days later.
He says LeBron still has flaws
Jordan told ESPN that LeBron has one bad tendency — whenever he goes left he shoots jump shots, and whenever he goes right he drives.
Source: ESPN
He's obsessed with the iPad game Bejeweled. He passed level 100 so he's officially a "Bejeweled Demigod"
Source: ESPN
Mugsy Boggs said MJ messed up his shot forever with one sentence of trash talk
From TBJ:
"On the biggest possession of the game, Mugsy had the ball with the Hornets down 1. Jordan backed off of him and told him: “shoot it you f—ing midget.” Mugsy shot it, didn’t come close. A year later Mugsy actually told Johnny Bach that he believes that single play ruined his career. His shot never recovered."
He said he wouldn't have let his fiancee win an argument with him 10 years ago
MJ told ESPN's Wright Thompson that his fiancee Yvette pressured him into driving seven hours so she could see where he grew up. He said that would have never happened 10 years ago:
"It's amazing what women can talk you into doing. Make you change. Ten years ago, we'd have been arguing all f---ing day. I would've won. This time, this stage where I am, you win. That's progress."
Source: ESPN
