Jordan Turns 47 Still Full Of Drive and Confidence

CLEVELAND - Basketball icon Michael Jordan celebrates his 47th birthday today in the midst of relentlessly trying to purchase an NBA team. This is par for the course when it comes to being a man with an incomparable drive and insatiable will to win.

Happy Birthday, MJ.

Looking back at Jordan's searing, yet brutally honest Hall of Fame speech five months ago, it becomes very obvious that he remains the ultimate competitor. All of the elements that made him a basketball genius were on full display that night and with his current goal of trying to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from owner Bob Johnson, he continues to use his remarkable self-confidence to bend the world in his favor.

I love it.

Last Saturday, Michael's venerable Air Jordan basketball sneakers celebrated their 25th anniversary. Though he was just an NBA rookie with the Chicago Bulls when they debuted in 1985, the footwear helped catapult him to the forefront of American pop culture. Even now, a quarter century later, they remain a major identifier and symbol of MJ's superlative excellence in hoops. Given the fact that he's 7 years removed from playing and 11 years removed from his last NBA championship, that is an awesome accomplishment.

Happy Birthday, Michael.