 Welcome, and get ready for this hilarious Michael Jordan story. This story showcases MJ's fierce competitive spirit, his brilliant humour, and his unwavering determination. If you're loving content just like this one and you want more, be sure to hit that like button for more videos just like this. Let's aim for 3000 likes for the next video, and don't forget to hit that subscribe button. All video credits and footage are right here on the screen and also linked down below in the description, so be sure to check them out for their entirities. I don't want to keep you guys waiting, so let's dive into the video and I hope you guys enjoy. What do you think Mike's competitive edge was? People talk a lot about a skill, they talk a lot about shooting ability, IQ, but is there a thing specifically that you thought set him aside? Just wanted to win man, he didn't care and that's easy for me to say that he didn't care, but at the end of the day he's going to have a huge say in that win. You know what I mean? It's like a quick story about Bob, I just heard this yesterday, rest is soul, rest is soul. He told me a story about Jordan, they were playing in the Olympic, he was the last guy to coach of a basketball team from America to win a gold medal that didn't have professionals. Right? So in 1984 I got invited to the Olympic trials, and that's probably at least 30 Hall of Famous was on there. We started with like 120 players, and my coach says, Charles I want you to go to the Olympic trials, you've been invited. I said coach, you know Bobby Knight, I don't know about him, blah, blah, blah, blah, he said no, just go, he said I think you're the best player in the country, I want you to go to improve it. Number seven, a 6-6 junior from Lee, Alabama at Auburn University, Charles Barclay. 1984 was an Olympic year, and the U.S. men's basketball team would win the gold medal. But before that, the American team had to be chosen, and trials were held at Indiana University. 80 of the best players in the world, and we're all there trying out for 12 spots. It was a who's who of college players in one gym, with the goal of building a dominant national team. But even then, there was one player who stood out wherever he went. Well, Charles from the beginning was an interesting guy because, you know, we had this incredible personality. So I go there, so we go, we got 120, and like I said, it's probably the 30 or 40 Hall of Fame for everybody who ever played, and then being the last 30 years was there. So they go 120 to 180, 60, 40, 20. What I distinctly remember about that is Charles dunked the ball so many times, he would just dunk everything. You know, any kind of drill, if he caught the ball in a scrimmage, he dunked everything. And that didn't sit well, Olympic head coach Bobby Knight. Bobby was a proponent of giving the ball to the guard. Well, he would do the same thing again, rebound, coast to coast and dunk it. Everybody's going crazy, so already we're going to probably have a little bit of a banging of the head, so to speak. Somebody asked Bob Knight, have you ever had a fat player? The night, they completely deadpan said, not for long. I don't think Barclay really cared that much whether he made the Olympic team or not. He knew that this was an opportunity to show everybody that he could, in fact, dominate at this level. And then they finally cut me, and I was pissed at Bobby Knight because he never gave me a fair chance, because I was the second best player there by far. Barclay was a RPIA, Royal Pane. I was definitely the second best player there. I'll get to the story. I go back to college and son says, hey, I talked to John Thompson. I see what he says, you were the second best player there. I say, I see a coach, I was the second best player there. And he says, who was the best player there? I said, coach, I just saw the best basketball player I've ever seen in my life. His name is Michael Jordan. He's from North Carolina. A good five junior from Bloomington, North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Keppelville, Michael Jordan. I said, I've never seen a basketball player like I thought I was a really good player. But I said, this dude is the best I've ever seen. Yeah, Michael Jordan's the best player that's ever played anything, any team sport. We're ahead of Spain in the gold medal game. I walked into the locker room after the first half of our game with Spain in 1984 for the gold medal. We're ahead by 29 points. They're up 29 points. USA and Bob Knight's walking across the court to go in the locker room in halftime. He's like, what am I going to say to these guys to get them going? You know, like, you know, they did everything right, you know, what I'm going to say. And I'm walking off the floor at the forum in Los Angeles. I look up the scoreboard and this is halftime, 28 halftime. And I'm with one of the great people in Athletics, C.M. Newton, who was with me through the Olympics. And I turned to him and I said, you know, what the hell am I going to say? And I'm a great believer in, let's say, something that's going to get us going in the second half. Let's just don't go into it. We played great. What a great half this was. Let's relax and go play the second half. I always want to think of something that I can say that kind of gets their attention and they know we've got another half to play. We've played basketball as well as the game can be played. Michael Jordan has played 12 minutes. Out of the 20, he has 11 rebounds, nine assists and 19 points and 12 minutes. And I still haven't thought of what I can say. And the first guy I see is Jordan. I think to myself, if I can say something to Jordan, everybody else is going to pay a little bit of attention. They're going to say, Jesus, if he's on Jordan, what's he think about the way I've played? You know, and he grabbed the stat sheet. As you walk, I say, Jordan, she's called Jordan's name. Jordan played 12 minutes in the first half. Jordan's played 12 minutes. He has 19 points. He had 11 rebounds and nine assists in 12 minutes in the first half. Wow. And he's thinking, what I'm going to say is I got it. So I walk in and all of a sudden it hits on what I'm going to do, Michael Jordan sitting over here. As soon as I open the door, I see Michael Jordan in the first one. So what do I do? I walk over here and I stand in front of Michael and Michael looks up at me and I said, Mike, I said, you know how important screening is to us. And damn it, you haven't set a screen out there yet. You know, and I'm trying to get us in shape to play the second half. God damn it, MJ. What are you doing? Are you going to, are you going to set any screens tonight? I haven't seen you set one damn screen tonight. When the hell are you going to screen somebody? When are you going to set a screen when you're in the game? We got four guys screening, but you're not screening. When you're out of the game, we got five guys screening. We got good movement. We got good screening. All you've done the whole first half is score, rebound and pass. When the hell are you going to screen someone? So Jordan, you know, God gave Jordan a lot of gifts and among them is one of the great smiles of all time. He said, MJ, looked up with a little grin, not a big one. He said, coach, didn't I read recently where you said I was one of the quickest players you've ever been around? You remember last week when you told the whole world that I was the quickest person you ever seen on the basketball floor? I said, what the hell has that got to do with screening, Mike? And he looks up at me and he says, he said, I'm set. I'm so quick. I think I set him faster than you can see him. I said, just slow down a hair. You got to love a kid like that, but the coach can never lose. So there are three kids sitting here. So I walk over for two kids sitting there. So I walk over and they're laughing, you know, about Mike's comment to me and I said, all right, I said, you two guys thought this was really funny. I said, well, I'm going to tell you about how funny it is because you two are in charge of Jordan for the second half. And if he doesn't set four screens in the first five minutes of the second half, I'm taking you two some of the bitches out of the game. I turned around and walked away. Coach always has to win somehow. I don't care how. Steal, cheat, lie, whatever. Coach got to win in these circumstances. You know, I said, Mike, I said, I want this game over with with four minutes to play in the game. I want it completely over with. So Mike on his own with about, I think it was seven minutes to go in a game, cause time out. So I'm wondering what the hell is this all about? Michael calling time out. So we get in a huddle and Mike comes in, puts his arm around my shoulders. Remember, I told him I wanted this over with four minutes to go. Mike puts his arm around my shoulders. He says, coach, take a look at the time clock. We're seven minutes ahead of schedule out here. Is that, is that unbelievable? I thought that was a good story. Fucking legend. Yeah, man. That's Michael Jordan. You know what I mean? The kid is just an absolutely great kid. If I were going to pick the three or four best athletes I've ever seen play basketball, he'd be one of them. I think he's the best athlete. I've ever seen play basketball bar none. If I were going to pick people with the best ability I'd ever seen play the game, he'd be one of them. If I were going to pick the best competitors that I'd ever seen play, he'd be one of them. So in the categories, competitiveness, ability, skill, and then athletic ability. He's the best athlete. He's one of the best competitors. He's one of the most skilled players. And that to me makes him the best basketball player that I've ever seen play. I've had some tremendous memories doing my professional basketball career. But the memory of standing as a representative of the United States at the Olympics is one of the proudest moments of my life. You step up on that podium representing your country. It's no greater honor than doing that. And let me know what you thought about the video down below in the comments section. Be sure to hit that like button and the subscribe button. And here are two new videos I think that you will also enjoy. So be sure to check them out.