NBA teams nowadays employ a rather controversial strategy in trying to keep their top players healthy so as to help them stack up wins in the long run. Now, players can “load manage” or in more common terms, take a rest. Before, when a player sits out, it's because he's badly hurt or is dealing with a personal situation off the court. The term “load management” was not part of anyone's vocabulary several years ago. Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan — regarded as the Greatest of All Time — was not fond of sitting on the bench knowing that he could play and help the team win.

In a clip from the second episode of the sports documentary “The Last Dance,” Jordan explained his headspace on “load management.”

“And I look at him and I said, ‘Depends on how f*ckin’ bad the headache is.”

In the 13 seasons he spent donning the Bulls jersey, Jordan played all 82 games in eight seasons. In those five seasons, he didn't play all 82 games, one year was spent nursing a broken leg while other was his comeback year when he played in just the final 17 games of the regular season. In the other three seasons from the aforementioned five, he missed just a total of seven games due to minor injuries.

Jordan's stamina and endurance is perhaps the most overlooked part of his game. Most basketball fans know about his titles and scoring prowess. But none of that would be possible if Jordan didn't have the conditioning and the will power to play through pain.