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The Big Picture Quiz: Michael Jordan edition

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As promised, it’s time to answer the question: What is Michael Jordan’s all-time favorite movie? Anyone who guessed a basketball or sports film was wrong.

Jordan’s favorite movie is Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator,’ which won the best picture Oscar for 2000. It’s fitting, since Jordan always approached basketball with a warrior’s mentality, believing that winning was at least as much about indomitability as about pure talent. When the Chicago Bulls were on the court in the last minutes of a key game, Jordan was like Russell Crowe’s Maximus--he gave no quarter.

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Better still, as this clip shows, he could also shoot free throws with his eyes closed:

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