Phil Jackson Quotes
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This is about Phoenix going back to their home court, trying to rally. One win puts things right at the edge again, and we'd have to come back and hold home court, which is a single-game situation. So we know there's a lot of work to be done before we're finished with this thing.
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The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
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I think they felt intimidated at some point in this playoff. ...Our big guys have been effective. ... They just wanted to make a stand and make a statement.
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I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround.
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
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They had a game plan against Kobe that was effective, getting the ball out of his hands.
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They really crowded Shaq well and did not give him a good look in the lane. He struggled to find a position in the lane all night.
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We came here with a plan: We're not going to let this game get by us.
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When it doesn't produce wins, that's the fine line. And then players . . . also have to feel like they're a part of it. If they are, then they play at a better level.
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When Stephen got hurt...it was either a motivating force for the Pacers to get their run, but at the same time he was turning the ball over a lot, so he may have been an asset by default.
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We've had a couple momentum shifts throughout the course of the year, and this is what we've been talking about as a group - we want to build the momentum, because now is the time to do it. We've shown signs of this - the Houston game at the end of the road trip.
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I'm going to copyright myself so he can have that distinction, sell them off.
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You go in the weight room and you lift weights and you do all these things to strengthen your body. This is strengthening your mind. When you can stay focused and you can use that focus to always come back with your breath to center yourself, so that you're kind of floating in the moment, in the spirit.
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I didn't get any satisfaction from their reasoning.
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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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I hope so. We've got a measure in front of us that we have to step up to and try to regain some kind of composure and some kind of home-court advantage.
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I am pleased with Kobe and how he controlled the offense. We had people open because they were doubling him and that got some people open and we found them.
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We had a blowout on our hands in the third quarter and we never recovered from that.
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I was very disappointed with the road trip. We had players injured and our team was not competing as hard as it could. The injuries hurt our team morale.
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I was disappointed with our fourth-quarter beginning. We put ourselves in good position, then didn't score for three minutes. We gave it away.
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For Kobe, it's about on the court, ... It's about re-establishing his dominance of the game.
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It was quite an exhibition for three quarters Kobe put on. I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.
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It means something to the fans; it's territorial bragging rights for them.