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I think he looks comfortable playing. That's the one thing I felt last year - that he didn't look comfortable playing.
Phil Jackson -
That's a great job for (Larry), ... (There's) a lot of money there. It's home.
Phil Jackson
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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.
Phil Jackson -
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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
Phil Jackson -
It's not going to be about Kobe getting 45 points a night. It's going to be about how are we going to use all the talents to do what we have to do to take a team apart.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson -
We were relying on Kobe and Kobe couldn't shoot the ball because of a hand injury. He was just reluctant to shoot.
Phil Jackson -
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.
Phil Jackson
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There's never been anything like this in my tenure.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson -
He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.
Phil Jackson -
My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term 'true Christian.' He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.
Phil Jackson -
That bracket is probably the best bracket to advance.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson
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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.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson -
There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other... But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose... so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they'd understand the difference.
Phil Jackson -
We played about as well as we played all season. They had back-to-back games like we did, but you could see their legs getting tired. I had a suspicion that we could win this game tonight, but they played above my expectations.
Phil Jackson -
We found out that there is no substitute for human contact.
Phil Jackson -
Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.
Phil Jackson
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You can't read my man's mind, ... It's cool. It was a good way to finish the game.
Phil Jackson -
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
Phil Jackson -
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.
Phil Jackson -
We've made a lot of changes. Our roster is not set in stone. It's a very young team, our average age is 25. It's going to try the patience of its coach.
Phil Jackson