Donald to use Michael Jordan influence to steer Ryder Cup captaincy

Luke Donald hopes being friends with Michael Jordan will rub off in leading Team Europe to victory at Bethpage

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00:00Michael is someone I've been very fortunate enough to get access to

00:05and pick his brain occasionally about what things

00:08you know what made him tick

00:10what motivated him

00:12how he was able to get the best out of himself

00:15it's nice to have someone that is a legend of their sport

00:19the greatest ever quite arguably

00:22to sit down occasionally and pick their brains

00:25but yeah I think he's here supporting I believe this week

00:29I think he'll have a USA hat on as well this week

00:32I think all of us watched that Last Dance documentary

00:35when it came out

00:36the thing I learned about from MJ

00:39and it came through I think in that document

00:41is that he was never going to do anything that he didn't ask his teammates to do

00:45you know he set the example

00:48but he also taught me that

00:50I think he won four or five scoring titles before he won an NBA championship

00:54you need your teammates around you

00:56so you can be a team of champions

01:00but not a championship team

01:02so you always need the people around you

01:04you're always stronger

01:05with the being a collective

01:07I think that's something that I certainly took from him

01:10and I've tried to implant on my teams

01:13but not a championship team

01:35so you

01:36have you