Phil Jackson Quotes
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I think we are playing relatively good basketball. Tonight we were quick to the ball and did a good job on defense.
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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.
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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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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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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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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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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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You have to give that team some credit. Three-point shooting is not an easy task.
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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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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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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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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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We were relying on Kobe and Kobe couldn't shoot the ball because of a hand injury. He was just reluctant to shoot.
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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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It's just about momentum. About picking up momentum. Usually there's one or two keys that go in a series and then it changes or flip-flops.
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I told the guys that the team is going to double- and triple-team Kobe at the end. So he's not going to get the ball. Somebody else is going to have to step and make shots.
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And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
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It's nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway.
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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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There's never been anything like this in my tenure.
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It was awful. He gave us a terrible game. He just didn't give us any productive minutes at all.
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My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.
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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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Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.