It's Michael Jordan's 50th birthday today... here's 17 examples of his insane competitiveness

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MICHAEL JORDAN TURNS 50 today, which has led to a ton of discussion about his legacy in recent days.

For all his skill and achievements, MJ will be remembered for one thing above all else — his unrelenting competitiveness. Through his trash talk, high-stakes betting, and refusal to lose, MJ developed the persona of the most competitive athlete in sports history.

We picked out the 17 anecdotes that gave Jordan this reputation.

It's Michael Jordan's 50th birthday today... here's 17 examples of his insane competitiveness

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At age 50, he is currently trying to lose 45 pounds to get down to his playing weight of 218
He played through the flu and scored 38 points
He's obsessed with the iPad game Bejeweled. He passed level 100 so he's officially a 'Bejeweled Demigod'
He had final say on who made the Dream Team
He forced Dream Team coach Chuck Daly to play him in golf by pounding on his hotel room door
He trashed all his doubters in his Hall of Fame induction speech, saying of Bulls GM Jerry Krause - I don't know who invited him, I didn't.
He once trash-talked Bill Clinton on the golf course
He says LeBron still has flaws
He punched Bulls teammate Steve Kerr in the face during a scrimmage
He played a Bobcats player one-on-one recently, and had to get treatment from the trainer the next day
He once told Shaq exactly what he was going to do against his teammate, and it worked
He made a $500 bet that he could hit the green with a fan at a charity golf event in 2011, and won
He led a group of hard-line NBA owners who refused to budge during the lockout in 2011
He allegedly ruined Rodney McCray's career by dominating him in $100 post-practice shooting games
Mugsy Boggs said MJ messed up his shot forever with one sentence of trash talk
He convinced himself he could play baseball

It's Michael Jordan's 50th birthday today... here's 17 examples of his insane competitiveness

At age 50, he is currently trying to lose 45 pounds to get down to his playing weight of 218

He played through the flu and scored 38 points

He's obsessed with the iPad game Bejeweled. He passed level 100 so he's officially a 'Bejeweled Demigod'

He had final say on who made the Dream Team

He forced Dream Team coach Chuck Daly to play him in golf by pounding on his hotel room door

He trashed all his doubters in his Hall of Fame induction speech, saying of Bulls GM Jerry Krause - I don't know who invited him, I didn't.

He once trash-talked Bill Clinton on the golf course

He says LeBron still has flaws

He punched Bulls teammate Steve Kerr in the face during a scrimmage

He played a Bobcats player one-on-one recently, and had to get treatment from the trainer the next day

He once told Shaq exactly what he was going to do against his teammate, and it worked

He made a $500 bet that he could hit the green with a fan at a charity golf event in 2011, and won

He led a group of hard-line NBA owners who refused to budge during the lockout in 2011

He allegedly ruined Rodney McCray's career by dominating him in $100 post-practice shooting games

Mugsy Boggs said MJ messed up his shot forever with one sentence of trash talk

He convinced himself he could play baseball

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