Home › Forums › Course Discussion Forum › Motivation Discussion › Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation? › Reply To: Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation? May 13, 2017 at 9:00 pm #16848 jimszoneParticipant Jordan definitely is intrinsically motivated and operates from need for achievement as is naturally competitive. Michael Jordan also values ‘putting his mind to what he does’ and what he experiences as good or bad relates to how he perceives things.