Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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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 feel very comfortable saying I more than likely will not come back and coach, ... The health issue is very important.
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I think our defense was confused at times. There were some defensive lapses, and they have an experienced team, which took advantage of some of our young kids.
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Right now, we need to focus on who we are as a basketball club. I don't live with expectations, so there's nothing there I can say I expected. We're just out here kind of treading water as a basketball team right now. We're neither hot nor cold, neither fish nor fowl.
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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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I was quite surprised. As far as things happening locally, it's probably the best thing that's ever happened to me.
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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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Poor decisions and free throw shooting haunted us. I was disappointed in our ball control.
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Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.
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He's had a great year this year. I wanted him to have an opportunity to be on the playoff roster and be successful.
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You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act.
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It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.
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That's a great job for (Larry), ... (There's) a lot of money there. It's home.
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We have nothing to crow about, our home record has been atrocious, we've got a long ways to go before we feel we're on top.
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It's time to penetrate and find somebody else if that's not the shot you're making or you're comfortable with. You have to know that.
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You have to give that team some credit. Three-point shooting is not an easy task.
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That bracket is probably the best bracket to advance.
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I just think he's a very determined player and dedicated to what he's doing. He's doing a lot of letting things develop on their own.
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I feel like we will have better opportunities as we go along.
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And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
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An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.