Phil Jackson Quotes
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I was surprised. I can hear the cheers too, but there were some boos. I think it was kind of retribution for what happened in Miami over Christmas. I think the Miami fans were so vocal over Kobe.
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We're a ways away from being that next level of NBA team.
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I'm going to address the team and try to set down some parameters as to how we're going to deal with it, ... This is something now that we seriously have to take as another type of an issue, where there's a certain sense of where our privacy lies and where the boundaries lie, that we're going to have to address and we're going to have to be serious about it.
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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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I thought we played in spurts tonight. We came out with a little more energy in the third quarter, compared to our last two games, which helped a lot.
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Most of it's about the quickness involved. Just the activity to the ball. Loose balls, tip-ins, all those little things make such a difference in a game. And that's a matter of seconds, and I think a lot of that is about energy.
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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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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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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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I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I'm hoping that other knee doesn't have to be done. It's one of the toughest things to overcome.
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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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I wonder if they ever are. I thought they might let that go this year, but it didn't seem apparent at all. Right away, he got booed. He just may be one of those guys that has to carry that for a year or two until another group comes along that gives him a break.
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He's moved on. It's time for the fans to move on.
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We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.
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They made that little run and the end, and we had to make some big plays. The biggest plays were defensive -- although Kwame got an offensive rebound that really changed the complexion of the game and forced them to foul.
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That doesn't matter to me about those things, ... They are pathetic. It was a poor offensive game. We didn't move the ball right. We didn't shoot the ball right. But those things, they'll happen. ... Those are just numbers.
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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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She comes to attack you every time you come through the door.
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He's still not 100 percent. He will be established in this organization as a prominent player. I'm going to ask him to step into that level as a responsible player on the floor.
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Kobe had to take some heat for that, as if he was the one who manufactured that (O'Neal) trade. All those things were made to look like there was a scapegoat in this situation, and there wasn't.
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That's basically a lot of the belief I have. Establishing dominance and taking responsibility for it.
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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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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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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.