“When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero.”– Mike Royko Related Quotes “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”– William James “I think that from the time you start playing sports as a child you see that your responsibility to your team is to play the best that you can play as an individual… and yet, not take anything away from being part of a team.”– Wayne Gretzky “I’ve been on enough sports teams in my life to have experienced the magic of what can happen when a group of people care for and love each other.”– Tim Ryan