Michael Jordan is usually considered one of the greatest basketball players to ever live. Throughout his basketball career in the 80's and 90's, he dominated the sport, leading the Chicago Bulls to 6 national championships and earning the Most Valuable Player Award six times. But there's more to Jordan than meets the eye. If you think you know all there is to know about Michael Jordan, here are 10 unusual facts you might not know...

1. Michael Jordan has scored a whopping 32,292 points in his career.

2. Michael Jordan set a record for the most points scored in a playoff game in game 2 of the 85-86 playoffs against the Boston Celtics. He scored an amazing 63 points in a double-overtime loss.

3. Michael Jordan's father, James R. Jordan, Sr, was murdered on July 23, 1993 at a highway rest area in North Carolina by two teenagers. Michael was very close to his father and he later said that his murder shaped his decision to retire from basketball and play baseball.

4. Michael Jordan married model Yvette Prieto in 2013. This is his second marriage, as he divorced his first wife, Juanita Vanoy, in 2006. He has three grown children with his first wife.

5. When Michael Jordan accepted a basketball scholarship to North Carolina in 1981, he majored in cultural geography.

6. In 2000, ESPN conducted a study and asked media, athletes and others in the sports world who they considered to be the greatest athlete of the 20th century. Michael Jordan topped the list, beating out boxer Muhammed Ali and baseball's Babe Ruth.

7. Michael Jordan grew up idolizing his older brother, Larry, who wore 45. When he found out 45 was already taken, he chose 23, which is half of 45 rounded up.

8.Jordan lists Lakers player Jerry West as the athlete he most wants to play one-on-one with. West, meanwhile, has often said that he was more impressed with Jordan's defensive contributions to the game than his offensive skills.

9. Jordan was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 20th most powerful celebrity with nearly $55 million earned between 2009 and 2010. His Jordan Brand shoes have also generated $1 billion in sales for Nike.

10. Michael Jordan sometimes checks into hotels under the name Leroy Smith. This is the name of a kid who beat him out for the last spot on the Laney High School basketball team in 10th grade.

Michael Jordan is truly one of the greatest living athletes and he's certainly lived an exciting life. Dominating both the sports world and the business world. Now 50 years old, he's won dozens of awards, including 2 Olympic gold medals, and he remains active to this day as an entrepreneur and spokesman.

I'll leave you with some of my all-time favorite quotes by Michael Jordan...

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

"I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is

why I succeed."

"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come."

"If you quit once it becomes a habit. NEVER quit."