Word: excellency
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...were going to lose: they seemed tired, Jordan palpably weary, bent over, hands on hips when others were shooting fouls, a telltale sign of fatigue with him. Then, in one of those remarkable demonstrations of willpower that have become the signature of his entire career, Jordan's will to excel helped energize his body, and he summoned just enough strength to continue to drive to the basket, get to the foul line, or draw a crowd and pass off to teammates for open shots. That allowed him and his teammates to escape the Pacer bullet. He was still the invincible...
...once told Phil Jackson, "when your two best offensive players are your two best defensive players." Nelson said that early on, before they added Dennis Rodman, himself a skilled defensive player. It was typical of Jordan, of the almost unique completeness of his game, that he willed himself to excel on defense as well as offense. He had been well coached in college; Dean Smith, sensing Jordan's offensive brilliance and his surpassing natural ability and that he had the possibility of a professional career without limitations, pushed him early on to work on his defensive game. Jordan did that...
...course (and speaking firsthand, obviously), reevaluation is easier said than done. It's simpler to put our lives on auto-pilot and not stop to consider what we're doing and where we really want to go. We know we can excel at doing what's expected of us, what we're told is worthwhile. We've been doing that all our lives. It's asking whether those things are what we really want--and being true to ourselves if the answer is no--which is more difficult...
...troubling gap that persists between black and white scores on standardized tests for college admission. Yet we continue to put sports figures on pedestals, paying some of them enough to fund a small-town school system, while we offer few rewards in prestige and applause to youngsters who excel in academics. Indeed, in some black neighborhoods, kids who do well in school are ridiculed for "acting white." Black entertainers Will Smith and Chris Rock have boldly (and hilariously) taken aim at that attitude. Why not the President and his sports panel...
...product arenas Microsoft is stomping into these days, none looks more enticing than financial services, a $1 trillion-plus industry built on just the sort of slick software at which Bill Gates & Co., um, excel. Led by its financial-management title, Microsoft Money and its brilliantly realized investment Website, Microsoft Investor investor.msn.com) the company has more than made its mark in home-financial software. But consumer-side successes are just the tip of the Microsoft iceberg, and industry watchers wonder whether giants like Chase and Citi might yet turn into Titanics...