Phil Jackson Quotes
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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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.
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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 very comfortable saying I more than likely will not come back and coach, ... The health issue is very important.
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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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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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Kareem met these guys at the door and he said, 'That effort wins on Wednesday (in Game 2).' He was very supportive. I think they heard that -- that if they give that kind of effort again, they can win.
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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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It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.
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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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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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I think he must have some type of injury.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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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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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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He's been under five systems in as many years, ... I expect it's going to take some time.
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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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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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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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It's nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway.
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Some players, you say at the end of the game, maybe it'd be a higher percentage. But he hasn't shown he makes that shot at the end of the game.
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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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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.
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I told the guys at halftime, they had their nap in the first half, now it's time to play. And you saw what happened. We slept almost all the way through the third quarter.