Failure and pain is necessary to birth the desire of success. Pain provides the passion and drive that it takes to be successful, but don't believe me, Take it from MJ! Micheal Jordan one of the best basketball players to ever grace the hardwood.

Jordan wasn't born a star, the player of whom Larry Bird said, "It's just God disguised as Michael Jordan." Jordan couldn't even make the varsity as a sophomore at Laney High School in Wilmington, N.C.

"It was embarrassing not making that team," said the owner of two Olympic gold medals. "They posted the roster and it was there for a long, long time without my name on it. I remember being really mad, too, because there was a guy who made it that really wasn't as good as me."

Instead of pouting or making excuses over failure, Jordan uses it to spur him to greater achievement. For that alone youngsters should want to "Be Like Mike."

Jordan made himself into a mega-star. His burning desire to win, his utter refusal to quit, his desire to carry his team to the mountaintop made him a legend in his time. 

"Whenever I was working out and got tired and figured I ought to stop, I'd close my eyes and see that list in the locker room without my name on it," Jordan said, "and that usually got me going again."