Phil Jackson Quotes
I think that it can provide a space away from the other things that I'm sure have encroached upon his life and really give him a chance to do what he does best, ... His genius is basketball, and to do that he's got to play it at the highest level.
Quotes to Explore
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I can't give a decent toast to save my life.
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We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much understood that the way to a better life was through education, books were a luxury we couldn't afford. But when I was six, we actually moved opposite the central library, and that became my home from home.
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I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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Working out should be a key part of your life but not your whole life. When it is all a man could talk about, it becomes too much.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel.
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Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.
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I understand that sometimes when you're young it's difficult to remember the difference between real life and what is part of fantasy.
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It's important to understand your ownership pattern because it is an expression of the values that guide your life. The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
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Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.
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Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to the touch, but you know there are thorns beneath, and every now and then you feel them too; and perhaps resent the injury by crushing them in till you have destroyed their power, though somewhat to the detriment of your own fingers.
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It is assumed by many reformers that the principal and major cause of unhappiness is economic insecurity, but this theory forgets that there are economic problems only because men have not solved the problems of their own souls. Economic disorder is a symptom of spiritual disorder.
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I think that it can provide a space away from the other things that I'm sure have encroached upon his life and really give him a chance to do what he does best, ... His genius is basketball, and to do that he's got to play it at the highest level.
