Memorable Quotes from Thom Barry
1 quoteLate Night Conversation Between Father and Son
James Jordan
Michael?
James Jordan
What are you doing out here, son? It's after midnight.
Young Michael Jordan
Couldn't sleep, Pops.
James Jordan
Well, neither can we with all that noise you're making. Come on, let's go inside.
Young Michael Jordan:
Just one more shot?
James Jordan
All right. Just one.
Young Michael Jordan
Yeah.
[Shoots the ball to the basket]
James Jordan
That's good, shoot it again.
[Chuckling; Passes the ball to him]
James Jordan
Getting pretty good, son. Go ahead, shoot til you miss.
[Passes him the ball]
Young Michael Jordan
Do you think if I get good enough, I can go to college?
[Shoots it again and makes another point]
James Jordan
Hey... you get good enough, you can do anything you want to, Michael.
Young Michael Jordan
I wanna play in North Carolina.
[Shoots the ball to the basket]
James Jordan
Now that's a real fine school, real fine school. You can get a first-class education there.
Young Michael Jordan
I wanna play on the championship team. Then I wanna play in the NBA.
James Jordan
All right, let's... slow down, son. Don't you think you oughta get a little sleep first?
Young Michael Jordan
And once I've done all that...
James Jordan
Uh-huh.
Young Michael Jordan
I wanna play baseball just like you, Dad.
James Jordan
Baseball? Hey, now that's a sport. When you've finished with that, I suppose you're gonna fly, huh?
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