I'm Back!: More Rare Air

by Michael Jordan, Mark Vancil, Walter Iooss Jr.

Michael Jordan discusses his love of the game, his family, his competitiveness, his experiences playing minor league baseball, and his return to the NBA

Genres: Sports, Basketball, Biography

132 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a stand-out career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he led the Tar Heels to a National Championship in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line at Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001 as a member of the Washington Wizards.

Jordan's individual accolades and accomplishments include five MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances, three All-Star Game MVP awards, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. He holds the NBA records for highest career regular-season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.4 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN, and was second to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press's list of athletes of the century. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 6, 2009 and will be inducted in September 2009.

Jordan is also noted for his product endorsements. He fueled the success of Nike's Air Jordan sneakers, which were introduced in 1985 and remain popular today. Jordan also starred in the 1996 feature film Space Jam. He is currently a part-owner and Managing Member of Basketball Operations of the Charlotte Bobcats in North Carolina.

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 2 out of 5]

A gorgeous cash grab. Worth collecting but skip as a read.

[Nasser · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about the time in 1993/1994 where Micheal Jordan decided to leave the NBA and then when he came back after a year and half. The reason why decided to read this books is because i knew the story of when Jordan decided to "retire" and go play baseball which wasnt the best idea Jordan ever had but after i read this book i sort of understood the history and meaning for why Jordan wanted to do this. Micheal Jordan saw that he was getting so much success on the court that he thought he would be able to be great at another sport which was baseball but that wasn't the case so when Jordan saw how not as successful he was in baseball he said to himself that he should go back and do what he loves to do and that's play basketball and after that jordan went one to win multiple championships including the titles he already had before. So this story was very interesting because its not likely that someone would see a big time person like Jordan make a mistake and then learn from that and bounce back to be even more successful so this book was almost inspiring for me.

[Mal Ly · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a book about a man name'd micol jorden and he talks about how he love basketball.
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[Jill · Rating 2 out of 5]

I prefer My Story as far as autobiographical books go, but I still enjoyed this book.

[Michael Hargrave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Huge Michael Jordan fan. Want to tap into the mindset that helped him dominate the basketball world!