Phil Jackson Quotes
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We've got a week that's real busy ahead of us. We've got to stay the course, and that's important for us right now.
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That was all well and fine, but there was still some unfinished business, I felt, with the Lakers.
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I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
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They have that inner knowledge that (makes them) capable of going in, being tired and making the game come to them, how they want to play the game.
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I don't see how you're going to get value out of this player who, in my estimation, is one of the most valuable players in the league. Of course, I estimate him perhaps higher than other people. I think he's a terrific player. He adds a big dimension in every game he plays in.
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That was something to behold. It was another level. I've seen some remarkable games, but I've never seen one like that before.
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He was an excellent football coach. He had a lot of success here. He was a real gentleman. I knew him pretty well. He was one of the finest men I ever knew.
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A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
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It was a good gesture. It was a peaceful resolution for our fans and L.A.
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This trip, you've got to do a lot of PR work for the league, pump up that Miami game on Christmas Day because they're asking you to do this all the time. And don't forget, Orlando is just as important in the win-loss column.
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Kobe fought his way through it tonight. It was one of those games where the numbers of shots he took was too high, but he thought he was going to get fouled and he took the shots because he felt the pressure on him.
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It was designed for him (Bryant) to catch the ball and find what he could find available. I have to give him credit that he can shoot that shot. I have to allow his judgment to be so he felt like he could do that at the time. I wanted him to penetrate.
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I still think we have a good chance, ... I still feel that we're the odds-on favorite to be the team of destiny.
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We slept almost all the way through the third quarter. We're just not able to play a full game.
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Teams have streaks, they get on a run, and this is fortunate for us because this team had been dying to do something like this for a couple years now.
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That is what happens when teams play with desperation and the other team comes out and doesn't play at the same level. We just got beat to the ball too many times and they were active and aggressive. They beat us with the nature of the play.
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Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
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Well, this is something I never thought could possibly happen, to be standing back again, less than one year after having been part of the dissolution of this organization and the changing of the guard, so to speak, and feeling so comfortable stepping back into this position.
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It's a confidence builder for this team. It shows we can overcome odds.
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We couldn't overcome a tough shooting game for Kobe. They threw an extra man at him, and we didn't make good adjustments. Offensively, I don't think we grasped the concepts of what we are trying to do here.
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The more you draw attention to it, the worse it becomes. So it's better just to show up and swallow your pride.
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He's moved on. It's time for the fans to move on.
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I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
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Come back. Join us when you're ready and we're ready to go on with you -- or without you.