Michael Jordan Speaks on Tiger Woods’ Masters Win

“I’ve been a fan for I don’t know how long,” Michael Jordan said on the phone Wednesday about his friend Tiger Woods, who came all the way back last Sunday to win the Masters, completing a comeback the likes of which we haven’t seen in sports. This wasn’t someone returning from a torn ACL (although Woods has had one of those) or Tommy John surgery. This was … well, we all know what Woods’ past decade has been like.

“I took two years off to play baseball, but nothing like that. To me, it was the greatest comeback I’ve Ever seen. “I’m pretty sure he questioned himself, whether he could get it back, and he had to put a lot of work in. But he took it head-on. He had to change his game; he had to change his perspective a little bit. To me, it was the greatest comeback I’ve ever seen.”

“I never thought he’d get back physically,” he admitted.

“He didn’t think he’d get back physically. But he did it. No one expected him to be back the way he is now. He’s probably the only person who believed he could get back.

“To me, that’s a major accomplishment. To me, it’s unbelievable. Mentally, you always think you can. But you can’t answer to what your body has to deal with.

“His confidence is only going to build from here.”