Michael Jordan was born on January 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has two brothers, is married, and has three kids. He is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time (Kornbluth). My focus will be on his hardships, accomplishments, and people who influenced him. First, I would like to touch on some general information about Michael. He wears number 23 on his jersey because he …showed first 75 words of 1038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1038 total…a movie star. He stared in Space Jam with Bugs Bunny. He also has a restaurant in Chicago named after him. All in all I believe that Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time and will be remembered as so for a long time to come. He is an even greater man for his donations to charities. What makes his life so much more amazing is every hardship he has had to overcome.