“One of you is gonna step up, knock Michael Jordan to the floor, and not help him up,” Riley continued. “We can’t show him deference just because of who he is, or how good he is. Not anymore. You can achieve whatever you want in life, but no one—especially not Michael Jordan—is gonna give it to you. You have to take it. Michael isn’t just gonna play poorly. You have to force him to play that way.”
