Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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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.
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And then mentally, do I have the patience to see that through?
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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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There's never been anything like this in my tenure.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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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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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.
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I've talked to other players that were there, but that was played in like complete silence. I guess there was a radio announcer there, but there was nothing else that you could even document it. People don't even know if they had a backboard or nets.
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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 couldn't do anything better that would make this franchise better.
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We carried out our end of the bargain.
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I thought we had a really good defensive first half. We found momentum at the beginning of the second quarter and established a lead.
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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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Some of our players didn't look ready to play.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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It's nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway.
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The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants to go to. That's their calling card and their marketing tool. But the coaches at the other end of the sphere are trying to make everybody on the team, even nine, 10, 11, 12, just as important, and have a real role that's meaningful.
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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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This is really a slow go if it's a tear. What we do know is these are the type of injuries you've got to let heal, go slow with.
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Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
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This one is certainly a challenge. It's an enjoyable one and one without a whole lot of pressure on me. The boss' daughter told me if things don't work right, I can take a day off.
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You can't read my man's mind, ... It's cool. It was a good way to finish the game.
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He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.