Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.
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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 think there's something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see - LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved.
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Poor decisions and free throw shooting haunted us. I was disappointed in our ball control.
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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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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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I think he got drawn into the play and didn't make the right decision.
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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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A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
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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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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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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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I feel like we will have better opportunities as we go along.
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Kind of a blowout in that third quarter when they got a run on us, and we never recovered from that.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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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's a great job for (Larry), ... (There's) a lot of money there. It's home.
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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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That bracket is probably the best bracket to advance.
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And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. What’s more, obsessing about winning is a loser’s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.