Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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There's still a fan core out there that's not going to let him off the hook. They're not going to give him the grace and the ability to get himself off the hook and into the fans' favor.
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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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I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
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I think he gave the ball up in various points of the year, and I think there's been a fine balance between guys stepping up and making shots and Kobe trusting his teammates. It hasn't got to the point where it's not happening, where I'm disappointed, but there's opportunities that still could be there that have to be exploited even more and we have to recognize that as a team.
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Obviously when the threes aren't going it's time to stop shooting them. We kept going to it and got desperate at the end trying to hit home runs. We can't do that.
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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 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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A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
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Come back. Join us when you're ready and we're ready to go on with you -- or without you.
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He's at the end of the bench. Right now, we have to win games. That's our No. 1 priority.
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I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.
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I've been nudging him gently in the right direction, hopefully, and I think he's ready to turn the corner.
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Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.
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We found out that there is no substitute for human contact.
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I have to allow his judgment. He felt like he could do that at that time.
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I think he got drawn into the play and didn't make the right decision.
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I think there's something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see - LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved.
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When you get off to a lead like that they usually catch up. Today we kept them at bay. It's good to be back in the playoffs.
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I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid.
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There's plenty of time to look at this for a while until either he shows improvement or else we go back to more of a basic offensive standard ... and take that guard responsibility away. Move him into a forward place where he can make plays and he can still be a participant in the offense.
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It's just a personal challenge for him to attack the whole team.
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I have my hopes as to how we can grow as a basketball club.
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I felt they were self-directed out there. They knew what they wanted to run. They broke down the double-teams and I didn't have to burn timeouts to explain it to them. That was satisfying to me.