Michael Jordan Inducted Into Hall of Fame

Michael Jordan has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Springfield, Mass.

Jordan, 46, is considered to be the best of the best in basketball players. He has led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles before finishing with the Washington Wizards. He is a 14-time NBA All-Star and has scored 32,292 points, with
6, 672 rebounds and 5, 633 assists in a 19-year career that has included two retirements before he finally it called it quits in 2003.

"Basketball has meant everything to me - it's been the place of the most intense pain and joy," said Jordan.

When asked to pick out a single highlight during his remarkable career he repilied: "It's so hard. It's like asking 'which one of your kids is your best kid?' I've had so many great accomplishments, so many spectacular plays, big plays, game-winning shots. It's hard for me to pick out one."

Jordan was also playing humble when being labeled as one of the greatest players who ever played the game.

"People say that I was the greatest who ever played the game, I cringe a little bit. I never played against Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, or Wilt Chamberlain," he said.

"Yeah I would have loved to but to say that I'm better than those people is not for me to decide. I don't look at this moment as a defining end to my relationship with the game of basketball.
It's simply a continuation of something that I started a long time ago."

He went on to say, and this is probably my favorite part of the speech: "Don't rush to find the next Michael Jordan - there's not going to be another Michael Jordan." --- You got that right!!