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After Michael Jordan's final season,
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the N.B.A. gave him yet another
Most Valuable Player Award,
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and said the reason is simple.
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"After 13 seasons,
you still go out evey night...
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and play like Michael Jordan.
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When Jordan would go out
for the spotlight introduction,
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he would look up into the stands
and he would realize...
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that there was at least
someone up there that night...
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who had never seen him before,
who would never see him again.
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And this would be the one
Michael Jordan moment...
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they ever had.
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And he would say he was playing
for those people there.
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We had a six-game road trip,
three cities in four nights.
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Michae I had had some spasms
in this lower back.
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And we literally had to, you know...
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carr him off the bus,
off the plane to the bus...
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from the bus to the hotel.
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You know, it amazed me...
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He went out
and got 40 points that night.
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This is the kind of player he was.
He wanted eveybody...
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to see his special skill.
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And he didn't want people
that loved basketball...
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not to have that opporunity.
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When the playoffs began,
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in his hear Michael already knew...
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that these would be his last games.
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But this would be
no nostalgic farewell tour.
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He was determined to go out
on his own terms...
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as a champion.
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The Bulls' first-round opponents
were the New Jersey Nets...
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young and full of hope.
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Michae I was dominant.
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It was a three-game sweep,
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built on mental toughness
as much as physical talent.
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And for Michael,
the way to develop the mind...
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had always been through the hear.
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A lot of parents ask me,
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"Well, what advice
would you give my kids?"