Phil Jackson Quotes
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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
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To me, right there, enough said - Kobe Bryant (third team), not acceptable.
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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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Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
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Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’
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For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.
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After a game like he had yesterday, I told his people I'm surprised he didn't name his child Victoria because this had to be one special day for this kid.
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Basketball is sharing.
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I think it will be a different story tonight.
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He could have been the heir apparent to (Michael Jordan) and maybe won as many championships. He may still win a championship or two, but the boyish hero image has been replaced by that of a callous gun for hire.
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It came to a point where there was that curiosity factor: Was he going to hit 80? I'm sure it went through his head.
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It is good to be back in the playoffs again. That's an important step for this club because of the number of young players we have that haven't been in the playoffs.
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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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That was something to behold. That was at another level. I've seen some remarkable things before, but I've never seen anything like that.
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Looks like that's the character of what we have right now.
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It's a tall order, without a doubt. But that's the key to this series is how you're going to slow down the guy that makes this offense generate points and close out on the guys that are getting wide-open shots.
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When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.
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Gary Payton was instrumental. ... He was the difference in the game.
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The game was in our hands. We led for 46 minutes. It was a basic collapse by our team in the fourth quarter.
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I have never seen anything like that. It was pretty impressive.
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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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I always tell the players, "We are in the business that's very much like a marathon race only we're gonna be doing it for 260-something days or so." And the race is something you get ready to do. There's gonna be some trial inside of there, but you put yourself through it because ultimately it brings a lot of meaning to your life, it gives a lot of energy to what you're doing.
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We let the momentum slide in the fourth quarter.
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He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was, we gave him up to Charlotte, we had no idea how good a player he was.