Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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That's basically a lot of the belief I have. Establishing dominance and taking responsibility for it.
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We got them mired into our style of play. They were playing at a level above us and we got them to come down to our level. ... We just couldn't seem to finish it.
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I think he got drawn into the play and didn't make the right decision.
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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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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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When you have guys like Dixon and Blake basically have career nights, that really sets you on the edge as a team. We didn't come out with the intent to play defense tonight.
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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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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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You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act.
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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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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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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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As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up... so we can focus... so we can be in concert with one another.
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When you start out a ball game and the first thing they do is call an offensive foul on him for a nonexistent foul, you know the kid doesn't have a chance out there playing. The referees just give him nothing. It's embarrassing.
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We found out that there is no substitute for human contact.
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I felt like they were frustrated and they have a reason to be frustrated. Things didn't happen for them and it's a frustrating thing for these young kids.
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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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It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.
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You have to give that team some credit. Three-point shooting is not an easy task.
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I don't know; I didn't talk to him.
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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.