:07:04
that they made a mistake."
:07:06
You give it your best.
:07:08
You try so hard
and you get to the point,
:07:10
"I know I can do it"
:07:12
And if you try one more time,
you are able to achieve it.
:07:15
It's going
one step farther.
:07:17
That's not giving up,
it's giving your best.
:07:19
I only will walk away...
:07:21
when I know I do not have
anything else to give.
:07:25
The disappointment
was so deep, like a cut,
:07:28
it struck the fire in me.
:07:30
to make sure that I never endure
that type of pain again.
:07:34
In these condround
of the playoffs...
:07:38
Michael returned home
with a vengeance.
:07:42
Playing the Charlotte Hornets,
:07:43
It would be Michael's last
professional appearance in North Carolina.
:07:48
It's always been a treat
to come back home...
:07:50
when you've grown up here and you go out
and become a man on your own.
:07:54
And then come back home to show
what's evolved of that person.
:08:10
For fans who had watched him
since his days as a Carolina schoolboy,
:08:15
what emerged now was not just
the skill but the will power.
:08:19
Those who remembered
his raw potential...
:08:23
now saw the results
of a lifetime of hard work.
:08:27
He would go to J.V.
practice and practice,
:08:29
and then he'd go to varsity practice.
:08:31
We'd play ball games,
and after the games were over,
:08:34
he'd run what we called "suicides"
or line drills...
:08:36
he'd run those by himself.
:08:39
I just maveled
at his work habits even then.
:08:42
With his competitiveness
to go with all that dedication,
:08:47
you know, it was something to see.
:08:52
The weakest part of Michael's game
on the offensive end...was his shooting.
:08:56
So he obviously mastered something...
:08:59
that everybody said he couldn't
do when he came out of college.