Michael Jordan faced his toughest challenges when going up against the Detroit Pistons. The ‘Bad Boys Pistons‘ did everything they could to stop Jordan from being himself on the court. After losing against the Pistons in the late 1980s, Michael Jordan was looking for new ways to get better and face the challenges. That’s when he met Tim Grover, who was just starting off as a personal trainer at the time. He helped Jordan fight through the physical playstyle of the Detroit Pistons.

Since then, Grover has worked with world-renowned athletes to help them reach their true potential. With his years of experience and being around NBA players, Tim Grover released his book ‘Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness” in 2021. In the book, he talks about how he trained his clients. The one thing that remained common in his technique was asking what winning meant to his clients.

Michael Jordan wanted it the most

It is a simple question, yet everyone has different answers to it. People gave different answers when asked to define winning with one word. For most athletes, winning is what they devote their whole lives to. But Grover revealed in his book that he did not ask the same question to Michael Jordan.

But he did answer it anyway in ‘The Last Dance‘ documentary. Michael Jordan did not give a one-word answer; rather, he put everything he learned over the years into his statements.

Jordan said, “I pulled people that didn’t want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didn’t want to be challenged… If you joined the team, you lived at a certain standard that I played the game and I wasn’t gonna take anything else “.

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Even though Jordan wanted to win every single time he stepped on the court, he also wanted his teammates to want the same thing. He pushed people to their limits, but he never made them do anything that he did not do himself.

Jordan helped Kobe Bryant

Michael Jordan introduced Tim Grover to Kobe Bryant in 2007. Grover was Kobe’s personal trainer from 2007 to 2012. So during that time, he asked Kobe the same thing that he asked all his other clients. To define winning with one word.

Kobe Bryant replies, ‘Everything‘.

Winning meant everything to Kobe. That’s the reason why he never gave up and played with the intensity that he did. He never stopped working. Grover revealed that Kobe was always trying to push his limits. He wanted to elevate and create new limits. Thus, he was constantly in pursuit of getting better.

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