On October 6th 1993, Michael Jordan announced his decision to retire from the NBA, spelling potential doom for the signature shoe line. The Jordan IX was a durable and plain shoe at first glance, but it came with lots of interesting details such as the large 23 stitched on the back of the shoe and the multi-lingual words on the soles of both shoes. The words and the available translations are listed below. - -Right Shoe - -* dédié (French) dedicated -* fuerza (Spanish) - force -* intenso (Italian) - intense -* liberté (French) - freedom -* anmutig (German) - graceful - -Left Shoe - -* спорт (Russian) - sport -* uhuru (Swahili) - independence -* свобода (Russian) - freedom -* athletisch (German) - athletic -* muundaji (Swahili) - hope - -
