Phil Jackson Quotes
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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Righteousness exalts a nation, and sin brings reproach.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
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But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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It was never about winning medals or being famous.
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My goal isn't to shock.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.
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Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
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The circus leaves a sweet memory.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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There's this Frank Wildhorn tune 'Sarah' - it's not a widely known tune, but it's my favorite song to sing.
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The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.
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In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.
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I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
