Phil Jackson Quotes

He was unusual in the fact that he was also an excellent (math) teacher. In those days, most coaches taught P.E.

Phil Jackson

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My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'

Brown Campbell
- Up
- World
- Travel
Music is made up out of these building blocks. Studying how these blocks go together and what they consist of and the math of how it works - it's all the same stuff; it's just different aesthetics that we're talking about.

Flea Jane's Addiction
- Up
- Music
- Different
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.

Madi Diaz
- Song
- Hand
- Teacher
Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.

Nancy Roman
- Up
- Time
- Long
If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

Pat Oliphant
- Fact
- Become
- Correct
Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Music
- May
- Kids