Jordan told friends that he would simply thank the people who helped him become known as the greatest basketball player in history and then move aside gracefully.
Michael Jordan buried his head into his hand, wiped the sweat from his brow, then rubbed away tears before they poured from his eyes. It was an emotional display, during a 73-second ovation that preceded Jordan’s speech as he entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.
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