Michael Jordan Admits He Still Has Comeback Dreams
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Michael Jordan Admits He Still Has Comeback Dreams

March 29, 2026
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Aurelien Meunier/Getty ImagesMichael Jordan has revealed that a “huge piece of him” yearns to pick up a basketball again. In an interview with Gayle King on CBS’s Sunday Morning, the former Chicago Bulls star said he’s been “cursed with this competitive gene” years after his retirement from basketball—a drive he now channels into his NASCAR team, 23XI Racing.

Michael Jordan Admits He Still Has Comeback Dreams

“I’ve compensated that—that feeling through NASCAR or through fishing But that urge to dream, that if I wish I can still pick up a basketball and I would love to do that. Believe me,” Jordan said. The six-time NBA champion retired three times—first in 1993, again in 1999 and then for the final time in 2003 following a brief comeback with the Washington Wizards. He admitted that he is not exactly living the quiet life he imagined when he retired from the sport. Instead, he has poured a lot of his drive into his NASCAR team. “I think the sport needs it to some degree, and my team needs it, and I want them to see the passion that I have for winning and for the-- you know, being a part of the team,” Jordan said. One of the drivers on his team, Tyler Reddick, says his bosses’ winning mindset “[motivates] the hell out of us.”Read it at CBSRead more at The Daily Beast.

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