The Last Dance S01E01 720p NF WEBRip x264-GalaxyTV

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[crowd cheering]
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[Jordan] Thank you.
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To all the fans in the city of Chicago,
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if you guys remember in 1984
when they drafted Michael Jordan...
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I said then, when I got here,
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that we would be champions
by the time I leave.
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- [man] Here they are.

- [Jordan] This is what you're looking for.
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Well, we are five-time champions,
going for six,
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and we need your support.
Thank you very, very much.
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[crowd cheering]
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[reporter] You have any sense of destiny,
you know, why is all this meant for you,
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and what's down the road,
or are you just taking it a day at a time?
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I just want the franchise and

Chicago Bulls to be respected as a team...
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like the Lakers or Philadelphia 76ers
or the Boston Celtics.
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It's very hard for something like that
to happen, but it's not impossible.
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But hopefully, I, and this team
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and this whole organization
can build a program like that.
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[commentator] Michael Jordan...
with 30 points.
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And the Chicago Bulls have won

their first-ever NBA championship.
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["Been Around the World" playing]
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[commentator] There's Jordan for three!
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They have done it again!
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Now, Pippen gets a snatch.
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There's Paxson for three! Yes!
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For three straight NBA championships.
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[reporter] Debate will now rage about

whether they are the best team ever.
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They're not just great athletes. They're
a fascinating assortment of personalities.
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The most famous man on the planet is here!
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[crowd cheering]
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My name is Michael Jordan.
I played with the Bulls from '84 to '98.
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Took an 18-month vacation, hiatus.
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So I would say that 13 years
that I played with the Bulls.

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Please welcome from the Chicago Bulls,
all-star forward Scottie Pippen!
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[crowd cheering]
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Scottie Maurice Pippen
from Hamburg, Arkansas.
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[commentator] Great passing! Oh!
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Baby! It looked like
he shifted gears mid-air.
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He has led the NBA in rebounds
for the last five years.
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Please welcome back Dennis Rodman.
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Dennis Rodman. What's up?
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I was shocked the Chicago Bulls
even asked me to come.
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I think
I was a little more eccentric for them.
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[man] There's something about you
that's frightening.
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Is it because I'm different?
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[commentator 1] And Rodman just kicked the

photographer! The photographer is hurt.
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[commentator 2] That is the last
we will see of Dennis Rodman.
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At the heart of this team
is a rare spirit, coach Phil Jackson.
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We created an image
that people wanted to be part of.
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I think that's all you can hope for.
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[commentator] The Chicago Bulls have won
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the '96 NBA championship!

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[reporter] What's unique
about this particular dynasty?
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I guess what's unique is that,
we're, uh...
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You know, we've got Michael. [laughs]
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[fans chanting] Michael! Michael!
Michael! Michael!
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[screaming]
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[reporter] Why is everybody here?
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- Michael Jordan.
- Michael Jordan.
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Everybody loves Chicago Bulls
and Michael Jordan.
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[car honking]
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[commentator] ...was about to do.
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Five seconds remaining in regulation.
The inbound...
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Pippen rolls it to Kukoc!
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Chicago Bulls have won
their fifth championship

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in the last seven years!
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It is bedlam here at the United Center.
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[crowd cheering]
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[reporter 1] To hometown Chicago fans,
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winning the big one is starting to feel
almost like a constitutional right
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as the Bulls took
their fifth NBA title on Friday night.
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[reporter 2] Count them. One, two, three,
four and five NBA championship trophies.
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[reporter 3] As hundreds of thousands
of fans cheered the Bulls,
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the drama of what will happen
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to this great dynasty
was apparent to all...
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[Reinsdorf] After the fifth championship,
which was '96-'97,
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we were looking at this team
and we realized, other than Michael,
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the rest of the guys were probably
at the end of their high-productive years.
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We had to decide
whether we keep the team together or not,
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and we realized
maybe this was the time to do a rebuild
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and not try to win a sixth championship.
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[reporter 1] Can they
keep the team together?
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[reporter 2]
Is there any doubt Michael...
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[reporter 3] Questions about
the future of Phil Jackson.
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Will this be his last year?
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[reporter 4] How will the Bulls
deal with their aging stars...
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[reporter 5] ...becoming something
transcendent, you can see it evaporating.
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I just kept hearing this over and over,
and I was just getting irritated, like...
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We were winning.
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[cheering]
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We felt like
we were the greatest team ever.
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[reporter] You have to wonder
why Michael Jordan,
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who is surely the most popular player
in our time, would be, in effect,
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driven out of professional basketball.
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[commentator 1] A spectacular move!
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[commentator 2] The game's over!
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[commentator 3]
Chicago Stadium is going wild!
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[Jackson] First of all, there's
no backstabbing going on here.
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It's time for me to move on.
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[Krause] This will be Phil's last year
as coach of the Bulls.
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- [man 1] Are the expectations too high?
- [man 2] Where do we go from here?
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[woman] The only question:
how long can it last?
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[crowd cheering]
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[Wilbon] So, going into 1997-98,
the Bulls have won five championships.
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There's drama that summer
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as to whether they're gonna come back,
although I think most of us
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who are from Chicago and call Chicago home
knew somehow they'd be back.
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Jerry Reinsdorf, the majority owner...
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would have to leave town

if they didn't come back.
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You can't argue with championship
after championship after championship.
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They were still the best team in the NBA.
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You have Scottie Pippen,
an incredibly talented athlete,
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very skilled scorer.
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His mental sharpness
and his court awareness
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and his basketball savvy made him
the greatest number-two player ever.

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Dennis Rodman was the defensive presence,
the rebounder,
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someone who, on a team with big egos,
didn't need the ball.
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And he never ran out of energy,
that was the thing.
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Whoo!
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[Wilbon] At that point, Michael Jordan's
already the ultimate sports alpha male.
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I mean, the only comparisons
that I can recall being apt

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were to Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali.
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That's it. That's the list.
There's nobody else on it.
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[reporter] Michael, obviously,
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in the wake of this
incredible celebration,
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there'll be some
very difficult business decisions.
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We are entitled to defend what we have
until we lose it.

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If we lose it, then you look at it
and say, "Okay, let's change.
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Let's just go through a rebuilding."
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No one's guaranteeing rebuilding's
gonna be two or three, four, five years.
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Cubs have been rebuilding for 42 years.
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[people laughing]
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If you wanna look at this
from a business thing,
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have a sense of respect for the people
who have laid the groundworks
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so that you could be
a profitable organization.
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[Jordan] We had just finished
winning a fifth title.
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It's a lot of uncertainty,
and management started talking about
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the franchise is gonna change
or we're gonna rebuild.
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I thought it was unfair.
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I would never let someone
who's not putting on a uniform
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and playing each and every day dictate
what we do on the basketball court.
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So, you know, my mentality was,
"Let's put things aside,
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you know, from a business sense
and focus on that craft.
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Let's give them a reason
not to think that way."
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[reporter] Michael Jordan waded into
the undertone of bitterness on the Bulls
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when asked what the Bulls'
biggest challenge would be this year.
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- Um... [laughs]
- [reporters laugh]
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[reporter] Michael glancing up
at the office of GM Jerry Krause.
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[Telander] Jerry Krause was the
general manager of the Bulls,
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and he was certainly at the root of
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what made the tension
of that season so severe.
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[Reinsdorf] Jerry Krause was a scout
for the White Sox.
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He was there
when I bought the White Sox in 1981.
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And after I bought the Bulls,
he came to see me.
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Said he'd like to be
general manager of the Bulls.
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If everybody's ready, we can get started.
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[Reinsdorf] I asked around the league,
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and everybody I talked to said,
"Don't touch the guy."
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Yeah, he had a way of alienating people.
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But I wasn't hiring somebody
to win a personality contest.
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I wanted somebody who
truly believed in building a team
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the way I wanted to,
and Krause was the guy.
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[Vancil] To his credit, he did his job.
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But...
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Jerry had the "little man" problem.
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He grew up a little fat kid.
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Not a lot of money.
He was always the underdog,
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and he just couldn't control
that part of him that needed...
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credit.
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[man] Michael!
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[Smith] All the attention
is going to Michael
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and Scottie and Dennis and Phil.
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And Krause was growing resentful
about this.
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[Vancil] He was good,
but he wasn't good enough
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to do it without Michael Jordan.
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You could argue that Michael Jordan
was as good at his job
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as anyone has ever been at their job,

ever, in anything.
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And Krause wants to make the point,
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organizations win championships,
not players.
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Jerry Krause, Bulls general manager, says,
"Organizations win titles, not players."
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Funny thing, I've never seen him post up
and hit a short jump shot.
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[reporter] This quote
that was attributed to you...
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Well, as you know, David,

it was a misquote.
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What I said was that players and coaches
alone don't win championships,
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that organizations do.
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I do sincerely believe that organizations,
as a whole, win.
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One part of it can't win alone.
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The guy left the word "alone"
out of there.
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- [scoffs]
- [reporter] Right.
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He admitted it later on.
"Yeah, I left a word out."
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You dumb son of a bitch,
that's what killed the quote.
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It sounded like he was making
a very specific point
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to a very specific person.
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We know that the team is much bigger
than the 15 players.
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Those guys who work in the front office,
they were good people,

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but the most important part
of the process is the players.
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So, for him to say that is offensive
to the way that I approach the game.
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[Wilbon] Krause was picked on an awful lot
during this by Michael and Scottie.
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I mean, they made fun of him.
They mocked him. They mocked him openly.
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So those are the pills you take
to keep you short.
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Or are those diet pills?

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Was Jerry Krause a bad guy? No.
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He was a good guy. He was fun.
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If you saw him interact with your kids,
and saw him, you knew he was a good man.
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Jerry Krause was one of the nicest,
kindest, sweetest men I've ever known.
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But sometimes, he would love people
who really didn't love him back,
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and it would disappoint him.
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[reporter] Did he love Phil?
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Well, he loved Phil in the beginning,
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but then, you know, they developed
a tension between the two of 'em.
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Phil,
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from a contract standpoint,
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wanted to be compensated,
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like the other coaches that he had beaten,
and Jerry wasn't going to do that.

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In Jerry's mind,
you moved pieces in and out.
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You didn't move Michael Jordan pieces.
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Phil Jackson? You can move him in and out.
And he was wrong about that.
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[Jordan] I said from day one,
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if Phil's not coaching,
I'm not gonna be a part of rebuilding.
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Phil should be the head coach,
and I shouldn't be put in a position
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to have to make a choice to play
for another coach other than Phil Jackson.
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Sadly as it may be, I have choices.
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You know, and I will not choose to play
for another coach.
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I think Jerry was looking forward
to having a clean slate
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and going out and, you know, rebuilding.
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His relationship with me
had become such a circus.
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There was no chance for reconciliation.
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All of a sudden, there's this guy from
Iowa State, Tim Floyd, the head coach.
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He goes fishing with Jerry Krause,
and I'm like, "What?"
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So, Krause clearly
is grooming the next guy.
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He's gonna be the next Phil Jackson.
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Krause's stepdaughter
gets married that summer.
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He invites everybody from the team

and Tim Floyd...
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and he doesn't invite Phil Jackson,
the head coach.
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I recall that, and I think
that was bad form on Jerry's part.
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I'm not sure it bothered Phil that much.
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If somebody doesn't invite me
to a wedding, I'd like to thank 'em.
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[chuckles]
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It was sad that there was
such an acrimonious relationship

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because Jerry Krause started
Phil Jackson's NBA coaching career.
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Jerry Krause brought him to Chicago
as an assistant coach.
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If that hadn't happened, you never
would have heard of Phil Jackson.
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[Jackson] You know,
things evolve, people evolve.
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They don't stay stagnant
and static in any position.
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And more than anything else,

coaches' salaries went like this
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and general managers' salaries
might have gone like this.
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[Vecsey] Do you think
Jerry Krause resents that?
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I'm not gonna speculate on that.
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I have tremendous regard for Phil,
personally and professionally.
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I really like Phil Jackson,
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and I wanted Phil Jackson to come back
and coach the team.

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And I just thought that the presence
of Jerry was counterproductive.
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I just thought if Phil and I
would sit down and talk, we'd work it out.
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And I flew out to Montana.
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I offered him the opportunity
to come back.
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After weeks of public debate,
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many would argue that Bulls owner
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signing Phil Jackson to a one-year deal
to return as coach next season.
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Phil is the coach, Jerry's the owner.
Those two needed to talk.
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And we got it done,
and we're very happy to have it done.
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This will be Phil's last year
as the coach of the Bulls.
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At the conclusion of the year,
we'll look towards the future.
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Jerry called me to his office and said,
"This is going to be your last year.

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I don't care if you win 82 games in a row,
this will be your last year here."
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So, I said, "Fine,"
and I walked out of the room.
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And that was the only words
that were exchanged.
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["Sur Le Boulevard Du Rythm' Funky"
playing]
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[woman] Michael... Hello, Michael.
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- [reporter 1] How much French do you know?
- Very little. But that's okay, I get by.

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[reporter 2] Michael, what do you think
about the Eiffel Tower?
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[Telander] The Bulls were coming off
this glorious season.
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They had a three-peat
and they won two more.
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And there they are in Paris,
where they were mobbed.
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I mean, it was like
The Beatles had come to town.
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- [man 1] Come on.

- [man 2] Don't stop. Let's go.
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Quick step, quick step.
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Michael was like the Pied Piper
walking down the Champs-Élysées.
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I think he was wearing a beret,
because he's Michael.
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[man] How do you feel, Michael?
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How do you feel?
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[reporter 1] The NBA champions,
Chicago Bulls,
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were in Paris for McDonald's Championship.
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Just one man is hogging
the attention, Michael Jordan.
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[reporter 2] "He's bigger than the Pope,"
screams the morning paper,
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and everybody wants a piece of him.
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- [Jordan] Uh, that's fine. Yeah.
- Pocket?
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And for the translation.
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- Right here is fine?
- [Jordan] Right. Yes.
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Will you mind signing this, please?
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No, no. Not now, not now.
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[speaking French]
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[in French] You don't
have to be a connoisseur
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to know the greatest basketball player
of all time.
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The person who is the closest
to a god on Earth,
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Michael "Air" Jordan! Please!
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[crowd cheering] Michael! Michael!
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[host] Michael Jordan!
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Michael Jordan!
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[Costas in English] You couldn't make
a shortlist
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of the most consequential
and successful teams in American sports,
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and leave Michael Jordan
and the '90s Bulls out.
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But the Bulls who immediately preceded
the Michael Jordan era
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could be characterized as mediocre.
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Hi, I'm Bob Costas.
Join me and Johnny Kerr
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for exciting Chicago Bulls basketball
action here on WGN Television, channel 9.
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We weren't very good, uh,
during the time leading up to Michael.
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The team was, you know,
on a downward keel, if you will.
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[commentator] They've obviously got
some problems.
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The ball club has not been winning.
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Back then, in Chicago,
everyone was a Bears fan.
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Northsiders were Cubs fans.
Southsiders were Sox fans.
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Blackhawks had fans scattered throughout,
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but there was no buzz about the Bulls.

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[Reinsdorf] The Bulls were being outdrawn
at the Chicago Stadium
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by an indoor soccer team,
the Chicago Sting.
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Basically, the state of the team was...
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It was Rodney Dangerfield,
it didn't get no respect.
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The Bulls were in need
of a lot of reinforcements
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if they were gonna be a contending team.

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And here comes a young Michael Jordan,
brimming with charismatic talent.
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[Falk] When he was in high school,
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Michael was one of the top recruited
high school players in America.
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He decided to play at Chapel Hill
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for one of the great coaches
of all time, Dean Smith.
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At the University of North Carolina,
Coach Smith ran a very tight ship.
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[Peterson] He was a disciplinarian.
A tremendous teacher.
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Michael had a ton of respect for him
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and he knew he had
the best interest for Michael.
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I think Mr. Jordan's vision and my vision,
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who is going to help him continue to grow
as a young adult,
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not just basketball, but his education.
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Because for me, then,

the first priority was education.
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- [indistinct chatter]
- [whistle blows]
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Penetrate. Look at the basket. That's it.
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Michael's parents
did a tremendous job with him.
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He was a fine young man.
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A very conscientious student,
a very good student.
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[interviewer] This is your mom
reading aloud a letter home from you.

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"Dear Mom. How has life been treating you?
Fine, I hope. I am doing just fine.
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[over tablet] I am sending you
my account number
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so that you can deposit some money
in my account.
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I have only $20 left.
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Tell everyone I said hello and smile.
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God and I love you.
Love, Michael.
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P.S. Sorry about the phone bill.
Please also send me some stamps."
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[laughing]
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Is that not a college student?
"Please send me some stamps."
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[Smith] He was very inconsistent
as a freshman,
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but he's one of the most competitive ones
we've ever had in our drills.
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He wanted to get better,
and then he had the ability to get better.

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[Williams] Michael Jordan told me he wants
to be the best player to ever play here.
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I said, "You gotta work harder
than you did in high school."
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He said, "I worked as hard as everybody."
I said, "Excuse me.
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I thought you wanted to be
the best player to ever play here."
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He said, "I'm gonna show you.
Nobody will ever work as hard as I work."
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After about two and a half hours
of hard practice,
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I'm walking off the floor,
drenched sweat, tired,
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and here comes Michael,
pushing me back on the floor,
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wanting to play a little one-on-one,
wanting to see where his game was.
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I was better than he was
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for about two weeks.
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[commentator] Watch out!
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[Worthy] He wanted to learn,
he wanted to grow quickly.
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[commentator] He's on a tear right now...
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[Worthy] From month to month,
from game to game,
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he was soaking up information.
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Once he got something and added it
to the raw talent that he already had,
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it was really explosive to see.
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And by the time we got to

the national championship game,
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he was a great player.
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[commentator] Forty-fourth NCAA
Division One
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Men's Basketball Championship.
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The largest crowd ever
for a basketball game,
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an electric atmosphere.
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[Jordan] We were getting out there
in front of 60-some thousand people.

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I was young, but I had no time
to be nervous.
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[Ewing] You had two great teams going
against each other, who were well coached.
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Both teams were equally matched.
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Michael had some big key buckets
and had some big shots.
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[commentator] Jordan on the... Oh!
What a lay-up!
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He put that ball up about 12 feet!
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It was about as tightly contested a game
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as you could ever want to see.
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And then, for the ending
to be the way that it was,
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was rather amazing, as well.
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[commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go.
A one-point lead for Georgetown.
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Dean Smith has said that's timeout.
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[Worthy] Coach Smith called that timeout.
We're down one.

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This was where Coach Smith
was extremely cool.
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[Jordan] He was drawing up
a play for James.
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And he says that, "When you get the ball,
swing it back, swing it around.
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Michael should have a shot."
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He looked at me and said,
"If you get the shot, take the shot."
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He gave me the green light.

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[commentator] Thirty-two seconds to go.
A one-point lead for Georgetown.
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They stay in the one-three-one,
with Ewing in the middle.
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They've gotta look to get it in there.
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[Worthy] They knew they'd be
focusing on the internal.
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That's where the defense was collapsing.
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Our offense shifted to one side.
The whole defense went that way.
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And Michael was on the left side,
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- the ball was reversed...
- And Michael's wide open.
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[Jordan] I caught it in total rhythm.
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They had no clue
that I was gonna take that shot.
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[commentator] ...shot. Jordan!
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Three! It's over! It's over!
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North Carolina has won
the 1982 NCAA Championship.

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[reporter] And the man who hit
the crucial shot down the stretch
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for North Carolina, Michael Jordan.
Those points proved to be the game winner.
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Michael, how did it feel
when the ball dropped through the net?
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It felt really good, that I did something
to help out the whole team
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and maybe win the game, and I just felt
very excited at the time.
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That turned my name from Mike

to Michael Jordan.
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It gave me the confidence that I needed
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to start to excel
at the game of basketball.
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[crowd cheering]
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I'm just a freshman on the block,
and I enjoyed my freshman year.
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[cheering continues]
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And I hope in the next three years
that I'm here

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that we can win
at least two or three more.
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What Michael really did
was improve considerably
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between his freshman and sophomore year.
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[commentator]
North Carolina turns it over.
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Dawkins trying to run past Braddock.
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Look at Michael Jordan cover ground!
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I think he hit his head on the backboard.
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I heard a little bang. And that's how high
that young man got up,
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he hit the back of his head...
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I can't pick one moment. When I think of
Michael Jordan, yes, I think of the shot,
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but I think of three years
of watching that youngster
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get better and better and better.
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Michael Jordan's the only player
that could ever turn it on and off,

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and he never frickin' turned it off.
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[commentator] Jordan...
Look at that! Holy cow!
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[Jordan] But after junior year,
I was planning on coming back to school...
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What's up?
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What's up?
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...but Coach Smith
recommended I go pro.
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[Peterson] He was very comfortable
in Chapel Hill.
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But at the same time, he was hearing,
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"You could be one of the top three
or four picks."
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So, it was weighing heavy on him.
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Well, to tell you the truth,
I really just decided,
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uh, I guess, an hour and a half ago.
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I didn't know, I was, you know, 50-50,

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and I talked to Coach
this morning and, you know,
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he helped me and my parents helped me,
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and I felt that would be better for me
to start now, while I'm young.
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[announcer] The USA Network presents
the 1984 NBA college draft.
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We are just about ready to go,
as we go to the podium
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and introduce commissioner
of the NBA David Stern.

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The Houston Rockets select
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Hakeem Olajuwon
of the University of Houston.
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[crowd cheering]
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Olajuwon would have been first
by anybody who picked, including me.
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- Portland had Clyde Drexler...
- [commentator] Clyde the Glide!
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...who played the same position
as Michael.
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So, Portland's feeling was that
they needed a center.
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[announcer] Now, the second choice,
owned by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Let's go to the commissioner, David Stern.
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Portland selects Sam Bowie,
University of Kentucky.
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So, I knew that, you know,
Jordan would be there for us.
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[announcer] Michael Jordan seems to be
the next one up.

463
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,543
The Chicago Bulls
464
00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:19,007
pick Michael Jordan
of the University of North Carolina.
465
00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:22,093
[announcer] The Chicago Bulls,
having the third pick in the draft,
466
00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:25,972
and went with the sensational
Michael Jordan of North Carolina.
467
00:29:26,055 --> 00:29:30,185
Jordan, who led North Carolina,
now looking to step in to lead the Bulls.
468
00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:32,395
[reporter] You've got a great opportunity
to step in
469
00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,522
and win a city
that is crying for a winner.
470
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,983
Perhaps you can turn
that Bulls thing around.
471
00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:40,528
Hopefully, I can go in and contribute
and maybe turn it around.
472
00:29:41,154 --> 00:29:42,864
I'm looking forward to that.
473
00:29:46,409 --> 00:29:51,706
The reality is we were lucky the draft
was before the Olympics.
474
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:57,962
Michael became the most popular
amateur basketball player in the world

475
00:29:58,046 --> 00:29:59,422
because of the Olympics.
476
00:29:59,923 --> 00:30:02,175
[commentator 1] Jordan gets it,
puts it in the hole.
477
00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:03,802
[commentator 2] Jordan...
478
00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:05,594
[commentator 3] Jordan...
479
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,990
[Knight] He's the best athlete,
one of the best competitors.
480
00:30:08,014 --> 00:30:09,599
He's one of the most skilled players
481
00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:13,812
and that makes him the best basketball

player that I've ever seen play.
482
00:30:16,105 --> 00:30:18,858
[announcer] US has its ninth gold medal,
483
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:23,196
but it's been an all-USA show
in this tournament.
484
00:30:30,703 --> 00:30:32,956
[Jordan] I came from a program in college.
485
00:30:33,039 --> 00:30:36,459
It was about team game.
You know, it was a clean program.
486
00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:39,838
It prepared me to go
into the Chicago situation,
487
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:41,422
which was totally different.

488
00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:48,471
[man] Before Michael Jordan got to the
Bulls in 1984, drugs were prevalent.
489
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,724
Cocaine and recreational drugs
of all types.
490
00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:53,893
So, they had a lot of partiers.
491
00:30:54,394 --> 00:30:56,771
[interviewer] One of the articles I read,
they called it
492
00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,773
"The Bulls' traveling cocaine circus."
493
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,316
[laughing]
494
00:31:06,155 --> 00:31:07,866

I've never read that article.
495
00:31:11,452 --> 00:31:13,788
- [interviewer] Accurate?
- Uh... Look...
496
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,292
Guys were doing things that I didn't see.
497
00:31:18,001 --> 00:31:21,880
I had one event, preseason.
I think we were in Peoria.
498
00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:24,424
It was in a hotel
so I'm trying to find my teammates.
499
00:31:24,507 --> 00:31:26,467
So I start knocking on doors.
500
00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:29,596
I get to this one door,
and I knock on the door,

501
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,348
and I can hear someone says, "Shh.
502
00:31:33,474 --> 00:31:34,642
Someone's outside."
503
00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:40,231
And then you hear this deep voice,
says, "Who is it?" I says, "MJ."
504
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:42,692
And then they all say,
"Oh, fuck, he's just a rookie.
505
00:31:42,775 --> 00:31:45,069
Don't worry about it."
So they open up the door.
506
00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:49,490
I walk in, and practically
the whole team was in there.

507
00:31:50,199 --> 00:31:54,162
And it was like,
things I've never seen in my life,
508
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,289
you know, as a young kid.
509
00:31:56,372 --> 00:31:59,167
You got all...
You got your lines over here.
510
00:31:59,250 --> 00:32:02,170
You got your weed smokers over here.
You got your women over here.
511
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,175
So the first thing I said,
"Look, man, you know, I'm out,"
512
00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:10,553
because all I can think about,
if they come and raid this place,

513
00:32:10,637 --> 00:32:15,975
right about now, I am just as guilty
as everybody else that's in this room.
514
00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:19,520
And from that point on,
I was more or less on my own.
515
00:32:21,564 --> 00:32:23,733
[Telander] His townhouse
was just a regular place.
516
00:32:23,816 --> 00:32:26,277
And at the start,
his mom would be there an awful lot.
517
00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:29,238
And Jordan's buddies would come by,
518
00:32:29,322 --> 00:32:33,451
players and what have you, but he was
just living like he was still in college.

519
00:32:34,077 --> 00:32:37,413
[Jordan] I enjoyed, you know,
just hanging out, playing cards,
520
00:32:37,497 --> 00:32:40,500
watching movies, you know,
I wouldn't go into the clubs.
521
00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,045
Whatever somebody else
might've been doing off the court,
522
00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:48,508
if it was partying or whatever,
that wasn't part of what he wanted to do.
523
00:32:48,591 --> 00:32:50,843
Orange juice and 7-Up was his go-to.
524
00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:56,641
I don't smoke, I don't do lines.
I didn't drink at the time.

525
00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:59,811
I was looking just to get some rest,
get up and go play.
526
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,565
When Jordan first came to the Bulls,
he was the number-three pick
527
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:08,903
so a lot of people thought, "Well, he's
only 6'6". So how much can he really do?"
528
00:33:09,779 --> 00:33:13,074
We wish he were 7'1", but he isn't.
529
00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:15,284
Michael gotta realize he's not seven foot,
530
00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,787
so he's not gonna carry a team in the NBA.
531
00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:20,999

I really don't think that, uh,
532
00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:24,544
in the NBA anymore, there's really not
any such thing as a one-man team.
533
00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:27,588
And I don't think that you can
come in expecting one guy
534
00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,048
to turn the whole thing around.
535
00:33:29,632 --> 00:33:34,721
There was no one alive, not Coach Smith,
not Rod Thorn, who drafted him,
536
00:33:35,805 --> 00:33:39,225
no one, none of the experts, thought
that he would become what he became.
537
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,437
[Jordan] When I first got to Chicago,

538
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,440
I went in considering myself
the lowest on the totem pole.
539
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,985
Whatever people had been saying about me,
I still had to earn my stripes.
540
00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:54,657
[Higgins] When he arrived into the gym
on the first day of practice,
541
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:57,952
you can see that this guy
is the best player here.
542
00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,955
This cat is different.
543
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:05,793
[Loughery] When we drafted Michael,
I did not know how good Michael was.

544
00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:09,213
The strength he had,
the physical strength, was amazing.
545
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,719
[Thorn] The first day of practice,
546
00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:19,557
I got a call from the assistant coach,
and he said to me,
547
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,894
"Congratulations," and I said, "For what?"
548
00:34:22,977 --> 00:34:26,814
And he said,
"You did not screw this draft up.
549
00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:29,108
This guy is really good."
550
00:34:30,193 --> 00:34:33,780
[Jordan] From the first day in practice,
my mentality was
551
00:34:33,863 --> 00:34:35,907
whoever is the team leader on that team,
552
00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,492
I'm going after him
553
00:34:37,575 --> 00:34:40,787
and I'm not gonna do it with my voice
because I had no voice.
554
00:34:40,870 --> 00:34:42,914
I had no...
I had no status.
555
00:34:43,623 --> 00:34:45,263
I have to do it with the way that I play.
556
00:34:45,291 --> 00:34:47,001
[announcer] Twenty-three, Michael Jordan!

557
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,378
I felt like I earned my stripes
in the third game.
558
00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:55,510
Milwaukee's always been
a nemesis for Chicago.
559
00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:58,554
Every time we played 'em, they beat us.
560
00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:04,310
They had Sidney Moncrief, who was
the reigning defensive player of the year,
561
00:35:04,393 --> 00:35:06,395
and they had a tremendous defensive team.
562
00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:08,898
I kind of thought I knew his potential
563
00:35:08,981 --> 00:35:12,318
because I had played against
the best players in the NBA so far.
564
00:35:12,401 --> 00:35:15,905
The Magics and the Birds and the Dr. J
and Kareem. There were some great players.
565
00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:19,784
Then all of a sudden,
this rookie comes into the NBA,
566
00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:22,912
and I watched the way he moved
on the court and his instincts,
567
00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:25,248
I'm like, "Wow. That's going to be scary."
568
00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:27,959
[commentator] Milwaukee Bucks
have taken control here,
569
00:35:28,042 --> 00:35:29,627
and they have a nine-point lead.
570
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:32,255
[Jordan] We were losing,
going into the fourth quarter.
571
00:35:32,338 --> 00:35:36,300
Before, guys would get down on themselves
and then they just kind of give up.
572
00:35:36,384 --> 00:35:39,595
"Okay, we just chalk this up.
We look for the next game."
573
00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:41,722
I'm saying, "The game's not over with."
574
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,809
And Kevin Loughery sensed that in me,
575
00:35:44,892 --> 00:35:47,812
and he just started feeding me the ball,

and I just started going.
576
00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:50,207
[commentator] Jordan now has 24
and is keeping the Bulls in it.
577
00:35:50,231 --> 00:35:51,816
Jordan goes for it! Gets it!
578
00:35:52,942 --> 00:35:54,527
There's Jordan driving...
579
00:35:54,610 --> 00:35:57,155
Whoa! Unbelievable!
580
00:35:57,238 --> 00:36:01,701
[Moncrief] Every time we went to trap him,
he would split, go down the lane,
581
00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:03,327
make a really difficult shot.
582
00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:05,246
He was so explosive.
583
00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:08,040
I don't think there's anybody
that could defend Michael.
584
00:36:08,749 --> 00:36:10,668
[Jordan] We come back and we win the game.
585
00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:14,005
From that point on,
everybody on that team felt like,
586
00:36:14,088 --> 00:36:16,215
"This young kid is not gonna let us lose."
587
00:36:16,299 --> 00:36:20,219
Everybody on that Bull team,
within a two-week period,
588
00:36:20,303 --> 00:36:22,430
knew he was the best player we had.

589
00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:25,683
[commentator] And now the noise factor
begins to really increase.
590
00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:29,020
Here is the man, Michael Jordan,
from North Carolina,
591
00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:31,397
the number-three pick in the NBA draft.
592
00:36:31,898 --> 00:36:33,566
["I Ain’t No Joke" playing]
593
00:36:37,528 --> 00:36:39,030
Jordan... What a move!
594
00:36:40,072 --> 00:36:43,409
Jordan on the breakout,
driving all the way and jams it home!
595
00:36:43,492 --> 00:36:45,494
[Riley] As a rookie, he was not a rookie.
596
00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:48,998
He proved, right out of the gates,
597
00:36:49,081 --> 00:36:51,209
there was none other like him.
598
00:36:51,834 --> 00:36:53,502
[commentator] Driving all the way in...
599
00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:56,714
That's unbelievable! He's put it in...
600
00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:59,050
It was like he had, like, a...
601
00:36:59,133 --> 00:37:00,968
extra levitation gear or something.
602
00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:02,386

It just didn't seem real.
603
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:08,267
His balance, his footwork,
604
00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,685
his fundamentals.
605
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,605
[commentator] To Jordan.
Looking for penetration.
606
00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:14,106
[Johnson] The dude was just...
607
00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:15,816
Mmm-mmm-mmm.
608
00:37:17,485 --> 00:37:20,196
[commentator] Bodies going flying.
What a move!
609
00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:22,782
Jordan driving... What a move!
610
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:28,913
[reporter] How's the transition been
from college to the NBA?
611
00:37:28,996 --> 00:37:30,790
Well, I think it's been pretty easy.
612
00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:32,513
♪ Your off-beat DJ, if anything he play ♪
613
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,418
♪ Sound familiar, I'll wait till E say ♪
614
00:37:34,502 --> 00:37:36,837
♪ Play 'em
So I'mma have to diss and broke ♪
615
00:37:36,921 --> 00:37:39,924
♪ You could get a smack for this

I ain't no joke ♪
616
00:37:54,981 --> 00:37:57,501
[reporter 1] He's only played
professional basketball a few months,
617
00:37:57,525 --> 00:37:58,776
but at age 21,
618
00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:03,197
Michael Jordan is the National Basketball
Association's hottest draw.
619
00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,116
[reporter 2] Since he arrived,
the stadium,
620
00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:09,161
which used to be two-thirds empty,
has been sold out every game.
621
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:11,372
When Michael first came to town,

622
00:38:12,373 --> 00:38:14,959
I didn't have the money to buy tickets
for a Bulls game,
623
00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:18,796
even the discount ones, back in the day.
I was pretty broke. [chuckles]
624
00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:26,012
But suddenly, you have a sports figure
that put Chicago on the map,
625
00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:28,431
and that everybody
was able to rally around.
626
00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:32,018
[McIntyre] Chicagoans like to think
of themselves as being a little tough,
627
00:38:32,101 --> 00:38:34,270
blue collar, roll up your sleeves.

628
00:38:34,937 --> 00:38:36,314
You never mail it in.
629
00:38:36,897 --> 00:38:40,026
So people love to see somebody
who gives it everything they've got.
630
00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,110
Jordan did that.
631
00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:46,157
[commentator]
Tonight's attendance: 18,688.
632
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,452
When Michael came in '84,
we got an immediate shot in the arm.
633
00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:52,163
The city was just beside herself.
634
00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:55,541
The interest just grew,
and it grew dramatically.
635
00:38:55,624 --> 00:38:58,294
It was just a phenomenal thing
to watch it.
636
00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:03,966
Country boy that comes into the big city
and makes the big city a special place.
637
00:39:04,467 --> 00:39:06,761
Seems like it's exciting again.
638
00:39:06,844 --> 00:39:09,263
He does some things
that I just never seen before.
639
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:12,224
Words can't describe him.
He's poetry in motion.
640
00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,828
[announcer]
...sellouts everywhere they go...
641
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:19,523
The 1984-85 season will go down in history
as the year Michael Jordan came to town.
642
00:39:19,607 --> 00:39:22,485
He has touched the hearts
of Chicagoland and the nation.
643
00:39:22,568 --> 00:39:24,195
What's in his immediate future?
644
00:39:24,278 --> 00:39:27,031
Coronation as
the NBA's Rookie of the Year.
645
00:39:27,114 --> 00:39:32,578
A fitting tribute to a man who rescued
what some considered a dying franchise.
646
00:39:32,661 --> 00:39:36,832
The 1984-85 NBA Rookie of the Year:
647
00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:37,832
Michael.
648
00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:39,460
[crowd applauding]
649
00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:22,378
- Don't mess up.
- [laughs]
650
00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:26,173
Don't mess up. Don't mess up.
651
00:40:35,349 --> 00:40:36,475
Come on.
652
00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,188
- I like this. This is French.
- Okay.
653
00:40:42,022 --> 00:40:43,065
- How's the wife?
- Good.
654
00:40:43,149 --> 00:40:45,526
- You just get here?
- I was here for the game last night,
655
00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:47,528
- when we came in.
- Really? Cool.
656
00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:49,171
- Pretty great.
- Reading all about you.
657
00:40:49,238 --> 00:40:51,449
- Enjoyed the photo of you.
- Yeah...
658
00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:56,745
You guys are not allowed. Sorry.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Come on.

659
00:40:58,038 --> 00:40:59,478
- [man] Thanks.
- [Jordan] All right.
660
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,127
[indistinct chatter]
661
00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:06,797
I'd like to thank you for coming along
on this ride, on this fabulous train.
662
00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:10,468
You gotta set me up with a schedule
for when I get back.
663
00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:12,386
Get this shit taken care of.
664
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:13,830
- Okay, so that looks good.
- Yeah.
665
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:15,806
666
00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,649
[reporter] Basketball fans
from around the world
667
00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,276
have been gathering since early today,
668
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:30,821
here at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy,
here in Paris.
669
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,199
They're here to see
one man, Michael Jordan,
670
00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:36,368
five-time NBA champion Chicago Bull.
671
00:41:36,452 --> 00:41:37,995

[crowd cheering]
672
00:41:52,301 --> 00:41:55,137
[Telander] Scottie Pippen wasn't there.
He had an injury,
673
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:57,264
and you figure,
"Well, they don't need him."
674
00:41:57,348 --> 00:42:00,017
Dennis Rodman wasn't there either,
he was holding up.
675
00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:01,560
But it was almost irrelevant
676
00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:04,021
'cause you knew Michael was going to
annihilate everybody.
677
00:42:06,398 --> 00:42:08,984
[commentator 1] The Bulls

are without Dennis Rodman
678
00:42:09,068 --> 00:42:10,611
and they're without Scottie Pippen.
679
00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:14,466
[commentator 2] Intimidation,
that's what this is all about.
680
00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:18,118
These guys have never played
against a team like this.
681
00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:20,788
Nothing but net for Michael Jordan!
682
00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:24,625
Jordan... Look out! Three in a row!
683
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:25,793
Jordan...
684
00:42:27,002 --> 00:42:28,045
Oh, baby!
685
00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,715
Michael played every game
as if it was his last.
686
00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:32,800
Every single game.
687
00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:35,052
There was never a day off.
688
00:42:35,886 --> 00:42:38,472
He knew that there was gonna be
somebody in that crowd
689
00:42:38,556 --> 00:42:41,267
that never saw him play before.
That's what kept him going.
690
00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:45,604
It wasn't, "I went to see this guy play

and he only got 12 points." Didn't happen.
691
00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:50,317
[commentator 1] Call Häagen-Dazs 'cause
I want two scoops of this scoop shot.
692
00:42:50,901 --> 00:42:53,213
[commentator 2] The French players
just helpless out there.
693
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:56,490
The Bulls won by 26.
Jordan, il fait très bien.
694
00:42:57,366 --> 00:42:58,701
[laughing]
695
00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:00,995
Your first championship.
Congratulations, dog.
696
00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:02,958
I'll get a bottle of champagne

with you tonight.
697
00:43:03,038 --> 00:43:04,038
All right.
698
00:43:04,707 --> 00:43:05,958
Can I get a hug, too?
699
00:43:09,461 --> 00:43:12,298
- It don't count.
- I'm gonna hug Jeffrey and Marcus, then.
700
00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:15,134
- I won a championship, I'mma go tell them.
- It don't count.
701
00:43:15,217 --> 00:43:19,513
Good game. All right, man. Good game.
702
00:43:19,597 --> 00:43:21,265
- Can I have your...
- Good game.
703
00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:25,144
[crowd cheering]
704
00:43:33,819 --> 00:43:35,613
[singing] ♪ We can go home, home, home ♪
705
00:43:42,494 --> 00:43:44,455
706
00:43:44,538 --> 00:43:46,975
- Is that going to the Berto Center?
- [Jordan] Get out of here.
707
00:43:46,999 --> 00:43:50,044
- Is that going to the Berto Center?
- [Jordan] No. Phil, keep it.
708
00:43:50,919 --> 00:43:53,714
- Don't let Jerry get it.
- [man] What?
709
00:43:57,551 --> 00:44:00,429

All right. For all you guys
who have never won before,
710
00:44:00,512 --> 00:44:01,930
welcome to being a champion.
711
00:44:03,098 --> 00:44:05,976
That's a good start. That's a good start.
712
00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:08,520
Tonight, Michael put on quite a show.
713
00:44:09,104 --> 00:44:15,611
And we're proud to go home and continue
on this quest for another championship
714
00:44:15,694 --> 00:44:19,031
in 1997-98. Thank you.
715
00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:24,828
[Kerr] Phil always looked for a theme
for every season,

716
00:44:25,579 --> 00:44:28,791
and given that it was the last year
we were going to be together,
717
00:44:28,874 --> 00:44:31,001
management had already made that decision.
718
00:44:31,543 --> 00:44:33,712
In typical Phil fashion, you know,
719
00:44:33,796 --> 00:44:36,131
he had a name for it.
720
00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:39,469
[Wennington] We arrived
at the practice facility.
721
00:44:39,802 --> 00:44:42,638
It's our first official meeting as a team.
722
00:44:42,721 --> 00:44:44,181
Get the team handbook.

723
00:44:45,391 --> 00:44:48,602
Laminated on the front page: Last Dance.
724
00:44:48,686 --> 00:44:50,854
I talked to the players about,
725
00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:54,775
particularly, how important
it was for us to really be together
726
00:44:54,858 --> 00:44:57,861
in this last run
that we were going to have.
727
00:44:57,945 --> 00:45:00,406
So, I called it The Last Dance.
728
00:45:00,489 --> 00:45:02,366
[Wennington] That whole meeting was...
729
00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:06,370

enjoy what's happening because this is it.
730
00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:12,793
[cheering]
731
00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:18,590
[announcer] Good evening,
and welcome once again to Bulls basketball
732
00:45:18,674 --> 00:45:22,511
as the Bulls open the home portion
of their '97-'98 campaign.
733
00:45:22,594 --> 00:45:26,390
Game time programs tonight, folks.
Only two bucks on the outside.
734
00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:30,144
If you don't go see Michael Jordan,
you're missing out on life. For sure.
735
00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:34,231
She said do you want

Christmas presents under the tree
736
00:45:34,314 --> 00:45:39,069
or do you wanna see Michael Jordan
and Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman?
737
00:45:39,153 --> 00:45:40,696
- Yeah.
- We picked the Bulls.
738
00:45:41,780 --> 00:45:45,409
[man] Bulls caps, T-shirts!
Right here! T-shirts!
739
00:45:45,492 --> 00:45:49,788
[reporter 1] Tonight, Jordan and the Bulls
return to Chicago for the ring ceremony.
740
00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:52,708
It's not like the first time,
but it ain't bad for MJ and company.
741
00:45:52,791 --> 00:45:54,543

Ring number five and banner number five.
742
00:45:54,626 --> 00:45:57,306
[reporter 2] Your fifth ring ceremony
just as exciting as the first?
743
00:45:57,755 --> 00:46:01,175
Even more so. You put it in perspective
so we're looking for number six.
744
00:46:01,258 --> 00:46:02,843
Good luck tonight. Thanks for stopping.
745
00:46:02,926 --> 00:46:04,446
[commentator] Always nice to hear Michael
746
00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:06,680
talk about the possibility
of winning number six.
747
00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,682
And you'll see that ring ceremony.

748
00:46:08,766 --> 00:46:10,893
It's only moments away,
here at the United Center.
749
00:46:15,439 --> 00:46:16,732
[Jackson] This is the last night
750
00:46:16,815 --> 00:46:18,984
we celebrate the championship
of last year.
751
00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:21,403
It's going to be a nice celebration,
and we'll enjoy it.
752
00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:24,948
What's important is winning this game.
We've got to start off with a win.
753
00:46:25,032 --> 00:46:26,742
Okay. So get yourself back in tune
754
00:46:26,825 --> 00:46:29,286
to what we have to do,
and take care of business tonight.
755
00:46:29,369 --> 00:46:30,621
Okay. All right, guys.
756
00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:38,021
[reporter] David Stern,
thank you for talking to us.
757
00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:38,961
[Stern] Good to be here.
758
00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:41,402
[reporter] Talk about the perspective
you can put on this team
759
00:46:41,465 --> 00:46:42,966
and what it has meant to your league.
760
00:46:43,050 --> 00:46:45,511
[Stern] There'll never be

quite another team like this.
761
00:46:45,594 --> 00:46:50,182
They have gotten to be
the number-one sports team in the world.
762
00:46:50,265 --> 00:46:54,436
It's a very exciting time in the life
of the league and in my life, too.
763
00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:58,524
[inaudible]
764
00:47:02,444 --> 00:47:03,987
How's it going? You gonna warm up now?
765
00:47:04,071 --> 00:47:05,989
Yeah, we just gonna warm up right now.
766
00:47:07,241 --> 00:47:09,493
Look, Jerry, you wanna
do some layups with us?

767
00:47:09,576 --> 00:47:10,576
Yep.
768
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:12,746
- They gotta lower the rim.
- Yep.
769
00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:16,834
[Stern] I'm here on behalf
of basketball fans around the world
770
00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:22,089
to congratulate
the 1997 NBA champion Chicago Bulls,
771
00:47:22,172 --> 00:47:28,262
a team for our time, the basketball team
of our time and one for the ages.
772
00:47:28,846 --> 00:47:32,891
[announcer] The architect of the 1996-97
Bulls championship team

773
00:47:32,975 --> 00:47:35,686
and two-time executive of the year,
Jerry Krause!
774
00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:37,271
[crowd cheering and booing]
775
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,443
[announcer] Phil Jackson, the coach!
776
00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:45,112
[crowd cheering]
777
00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:53,704
And now, your five-time world champion
Chicago Bulls!
778
00:47:54,913 --> 00:47:56,915
["Sirius" playing]
779
00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:05,465
Bill Wennington!
780
00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:07,926
Steve Kerr!
781
00:48:08,010 --> 00:48:09,970
Toni Kukoc!
782
00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:12,514
Dennis Rodman!
783
00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:16,727
Scottie Pippen!
784
00:48:16,810 --> 00:48:18,270
[cheering continues]
785
00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:23,442
From North Carolina,
786
00:48:23,525 --> 00:48:28,572
at guard, 6'6", Michael Jordan!

787
00:48:37,748 --> 00:48:39,416
If you guys remember in 1984
788
00:48:39,499 --> 00:48:42,002
when they drafted Michael Jordan
to the city of Chicago...
789
00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,253
[crowd cheering]
790
00:48:43,795 --> 00:48:46,715
I said then that we would be champions
by the time I leave.
791
00:48:47,507 --> 00:48:49,635
Well, we are five-time champions,
going for six,
792
00:48:51,094 --> 00:48:53,472
and we need your support.
Thank you very, very much.
793
00:48:57,184 --> 00:49:00,187
[Jordan] That season could be the end,
you know.
794
00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:03,482
It could very well be the end,
and we had to think that way.
795
00:49:03,565 --> 00:49:06,735
Let's get refocused back in this game,
let's get out of the blocks quickly,
796
00:49:06,818 --> 00:49:08,654
and let's do what we did last time.
Let's go.
797
00:49:09,488 --> 00:49:11,698
- [man] What time is it?
- [all] Game time! [grunt]

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[Jordan] <i>Thank you.</i>

00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,080

To all the fans in the city of Chicago,

00:00:40,415 --> 00:00:43,585

if you guys remember in 1984

when they drafted Michael Jordan...

00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,715

<i>I said then, when I got here,</i>

00:00:48,798 --> 00:00:50,638

<i>that we would be champions

by the time I leave.</i>

00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:53,470

- [man] Here they are.

00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:58,349

<i>Well, we are five-time champions,

going for six,</i>

00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:02,103

<i>and we need your support.

Thank you very, very much.</i>

00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:03,313

00:01:28,713 --> 00:01:31,953

[reporter] <i>You have any sense of destiny,

you know, why is all this meant for you,</i>

00:01:32,008 --> 00:01:35,095

<i>and what's down the road,

or are you just taking it a day at a time?</i>

00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:39,307

I just want the franchise and

00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:44,187

like the Lakers or Philadelphia 76ers

or the Boston Celtics.

00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:49,067

It's very hard for something like that

to happen, but it's not impossible.

00:01:49,150 --> 00:01:51,778

But hopefully, I, and this team

00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:54,739

and this whole organization

can build a program like that.

00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:02,997

[commentator] <i>Michael Jordan...

00:02:03,581 --> 00:02:09,587

<i>And the Chicago Bulls have won

00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,302

["Been Around the World" playing]

00:02:19,222 --> 00:02:21,391

[commentator] <i>There's Jordan for three!</i>

00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:26,062

<i>They have done it again!</i>

00:02:27,230 --> 00:02:28,690

<i>Now, Pippen gets a snatch.</i>

00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,277

<i>There's Paxson for three! Yes!</i>

00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,072

<i>For three straight NBA championships.</i>

00:02:36,614 --> 00:02:39,951

[reporter] <i>Debate will now rage about

00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:44,372

<i>They're not just great athletes. They're

a fascinating assortment of personalities.</i>