Bears quarterback Caleb Williams comforted himself after Sunday’s game-sealing interception by quoting a Michael Jordan Nike commercial that’s older than he is.
“I feel like the ball should be in my hand,” Williams said Wednesday, three days after he left a pass to Cole Kmet short on fourth-and-one in the final minute of a loss to the Packers. “That’s how I felt as a kid, that’s how I still feel today, that’s how I felt on Sunday in that moment. Feel great.
“It kind of goes to the MJ quote where he missed how(ever) many game winners, and Kobe … and all of them back then. You’re going to take those shots. That’s the type of mindset I have that I’ll take those shots and I’ll roll with the punches if I do miss. That’s what happened. You move on from it and when that moment comes up again, I think nine times out of 10 that I’ll hit. That’s my mentality. That’s how I feel about it.”
Williams was paraphrasing a 1997 Nike commercial in which the six-time champion Bulls superstar spoke about the late baskets he couldn’t make.
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career,” he said. “I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot — and missed. I’ve failed over, and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
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