Phil Jackson Quotes
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The bigger your head, the easier to fill your shoes.
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The winter's a little bit daunting in Montana.
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There really is something nice about it as far as energizing this team. This team has some deadbeats on it, anyway, and the coach is one of them. It's good to have some people out there that are enthusiastic about the game.
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You're talking about a different standard when a team wins 60 games.
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If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
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We want to get him into that 36-minute mark somewhere going down the stretch here.
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Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offensive rebound.
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It was the way the game played out. We had guys open, there were situations that were going right.
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It was a game where our rebounds and defense really failed us and eventually, I had to think about an offensive unit that could do some things to try and catch up. Kobe obviously wasn't right tonight, but this is the second time Blake has scored big against us in critical situations.
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He was a great student and a really fine leader on the basketball court. He directed a lot of what happened, he was very much one of the reasons why we were successful over those six championships.
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I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
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Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.
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It seems like they played really hard against Sacramento, didn't they? That was their other opponent they had an option to play. It would seem like they want to choose us.
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To me, right there, enough said - Kobe Bryant (third team), not acceptable.
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He (Lakers owner Jerry Buss) knew what he was trying to get accomplished, but still in all, it never quite seems to match up.
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We had some luck with us tonight, ... We were fortunate to stay in this game. We made a lot of mistakes, obviously, but we learned from them.
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I thought we were despondent when we came out of that regular time, going into overtime and played like it the first three minutes, but we found some energy at the end.
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Remember, Team, surrender the me for the we.
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Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.
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I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty impressive.
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Basketball is sharing.
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We were flat tonight. We are still not quite good enough to stay with a team like that.
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They're shooting almost 40 percent. That in itself is remarkable, unheard of. It converts to a lot of points. And to have to recycle our team to find a way to match up against them is not easy. It's not conventional.
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I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside.