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Michael Jordan: wary megastar

Originally published May 21, 1989.

“Sometimes I wish I could be Michael Jackson, but just for a day. Just for a day to see how much worse it could get.”

These words belong to the OTHER Michael - pro basketball megastar Michael Jordan.

”It hasn’t gotten to the extreme where I can’t go out in the public at all,” Jordan said. “It’s just that whenever I go out, I have to always be extremely careful that I carry myself in a positive manner because that is the way people are going to view me.