From L to R, Brothers James Ronald, Roslyn, Larry, mother Deloris (Peoples) Jordan, the late James Jordan and sister Deloris Chasten. Michael is the fourth child in the family. He is the only Jordan taller than 5 '9"

Jersey #'s : 23 (in NBA), 12 (when someone stole his jersey in Orlando, 9 (in the 1984 and 1992 Olympics), 45 (in baseball) and 83 (when he played in JV football). Wears number 23 because it's almost half of 45 that his brother Larry had.
Activities during the off-season : Golf (Fellow Tar Heel Davis Love III, introduced Jordan to golf after Tar Heel's lost to Indiana in the 1983-84 NCAA tournament)
First Job : Maintenance at a hotel (lasted for 1 week)
Favourite food : Seafood
Favourite bubblegum : Bubblelicious Grape flavour
Favourite TV Show : Cosby Show
Favourite Actor : Sylvester Stallone, Sidney Poitier. Later on Denzel Washington and Harrison Ford
Favourite Actress : Cicely Tyson
Favourite Singer : Whitney Houston
Favourite Movie : Gorky Park
Favourite NBA Arena : Madison Square Garden
First Car : 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix (college sophomore)
Best Birthday Present Ever : A Red Schwinn bicycle on his 15th birthday.
Favourite Burger : McDonald's Quarter Pounder, large Fries and orange softdrink
Own Burger : McDonald's "Jordan Burger" which is a double bacon with cheese and two quarter pounder beef patties with lettuce and tomato
Own Sandwich : "The Jordan" (at UNC) it's crab salad on pita bread with lettuce and tomato
Favourite Basketballer : David Thompson
First Basketballer he knew as a kid : Dr. J
Nicknames as a kid :
Bald Head, Magic (FtLoG pg 14), Big Ears, Tricky, Rabbit
Nicknames as the MAN : One Shot, Last Shot, Air Jordan, Money, M, Black Cat
Superstitions :
Wears a pair of blue North Carolina shorts under his street clothes and Bulls uniform as a lucky charm. A piece of "Blue Heaven" (ie the UNC Carmichael Auditorium)
Wears a sweat band on his left arm in honour of UNC teammate Buzz Peterson who suffered a leg injury against Virginia in 1983 that ended his season.
Trivia :
MJ left Laney High School with a 3.2 grade point average.
MJ has a Bachelor of Arts (Cultural Geography) from UNC. B Average!!
MJ shaves his head every Tuesday and Friday.
Offensive moves :
Patented head-shoulder fake turnaround J (1995 onwards)
Full-bore drive coming to squeeking stop line-drive jumper (1989 to 1993)
Lightning quick jab-step-fake soft jumper (1985 to 1988)

Far right : Michael with his gas-guzzling 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix. It's powered by a 301 Pontiac V8 producing 135 net horsepower at 3800 rpm, with 240 lbs.-ft. of torque at 2000. Or a "5.7-litre" V8 350 Chevy or 350 Olds or 403 Olds or 350 Pontiac. Weak compared to the Ferraris and Porsches that he now owns.