Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Come back. Join us when you're ready and we're ready to go on with you -- or without you.
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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 think he got drawn into the play and didn't make the right decision.
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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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They almost made me get up and walk out of the building in the third quarter. I almost left them alone on a sinking ship. But they got it right in time and it took another 10 minutes but they finally got it right and got going. That's what a layoff will do sometimes.
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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 found out that there is no substitute for human contact.
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I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
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Poor decisions and free throw shooting haunted us. I was disappointed in our ball control.
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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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It's just a personal challenge for him to attack the whole team.
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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've been nudging him gently in the right direction, hopefully, and I think he's ready to turn the corner.
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We want him out there. We want their full team out there to play, so you earn what you win.
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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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I think that contributed to it somewhat. So we live with that decision.
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Our game plan was to exploit the middle and do the things we wanted to, but he (Bryant) was still supposed to be a force over on that side of the offense. I just felt he never really got in rhythm until the end, and we said. Just go after it.
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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.
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Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.