Michael Jordan’s Life and Achievements Michael Jeffrey Jordan is known by many people as the best basketball player ever Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, helping them obtained sixchampionship titles in eight years. Now remembered for being the best and the mostpopular athlete in the sports world. He had a great influence on the people. “Jordan wasjust another great legend” (Stein 2). Being a role model on and off the court Jordanshowed his abilities to play the game and his kindness towards other people, especiallythose who admired him the most. “His widespread appeal to fans has helped keepbasketball one of the world’s most popular spectator sports” (Stein 1). Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brookling, New York. He was the fourth of five children. His father was James Jordan and his mother wasDeloris Jordan. Still a kid Jordan and his family moved away from the dangerous streetsof Brookling, to go and live in a nice neighborhood located in Wilmington, NorthCarolina. Michael was always into sports. His favorite sport was baseball. “He wasdiscouraged by the fact that he could not play against his older brother and this wouldalways get him mad” (Wolff 130). He was not that tall, but he didn’t loose hope ofgrowing and achieving his long time goal of being a well-known professional athlete.By junior high Jordan was five feet and eleven inches. Event though his brotherLarry was only five and seven inches, he would always beat Jordan in One on One’sgames. Larry helped the young Jordan with his game, by practicing and guiding himduring his vacation. By the time the summer ended Jordan was six feet and three inchestall and had mastered the game of basketball. He made the varsity the team in high school,where he impressed the media and a lot of coaches from different universities. After hegraduated from high school, he decided to go and p...
