This legendary clip originates from a 1991 episode of 'Saturday Night Live' featuring NBA superstar Michael Jordan in the recurring 'Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley' sketch. In the scene, character Stuart Smalley, portrayed by actor Al Franken, leads Jordan through a mirror-based self-esteem exercise. The moment captures the ultra-competitive Michael Jordan reciting the soft, earnest mantra: 'I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.' The juxtaposition of the world's most dominant athlete engaging in gentle self-help therapy became an instant classic. In modern internet culture, the clip is used to represent situations of forced positivity, coping with impostor syndrome, or ironic self-validation after a failure. It perfectly captures the feeling of trying to maintain a brave face when things are falling apart. Example captions include: 'Me trying to convince myself I'm qualified for the job I just lied on my resume for' or 'Telling myself I'm a functioning adult after eating cereal for dinner for the third night in a row.'