Michael Jordan is the best known athlete in the world. He is the leading scorer in the national basketball association (NBA). He is, so far, and will be for a long time, the best basketball player in the history of the game. Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He went to the University of North Carolina and as a freshman scored the winning basket in the 1982 NCAA championship game against Georgetown.
             Jordan was selected college player of the year for the 1983-1984 seasons. In 1984 he led the United States basketball team to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Jordan left college in 1984 to play with the Chicago Bulls. He was named rookie of the year and in that same year, he mad his first appearance in the all star game. In 1986-1987, Jordan finished the season as the second player after Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3000 points in a single season.
             He led the NBA, scoring seven consecutive seasons (1987-1993), tying Chamberlains record and averaged more than thirty points per game. He scored sixty three points against the Celtics in 1986, forty one points per game in the NBA finals, and he led the Chicago Bulls to their first NBA championship title in 1991, 1992, and 1993. He was MVP in 1988, 1991, and 1992. He was all-star MVP in 1988 and 1998
             Even with all of his accomplishments, Jordan was never satisfied. He was always striving to be the best. He had high self esteem and most of all he had supportive parents. I admire Michael Jordan because of all he has accomplished. He is a great basketball player and he inspired me to play basketball. Ever since I was six years old, I would watch Michael Jordan play basketball and every time his games came on, I would tell my mom to let me watch them. My mom never played basketball, my father played baseball and the rest of my family was not into sports.
             I am the only girl in the family that plays basketball and
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