Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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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 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'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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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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Some of our players didn't look ready to play.
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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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They got their veterans back on the floor in the second quarter and started running their screen-and-rolls. They were able to play some defense and shut us down after we made a run in the second quarter.
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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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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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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 think he must have some type of injury.
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We couldn't do anything better that would make this franchise better.
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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'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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It's going to be a process with this team, ... So we're not going to see a finished product for a while.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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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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We carried out our end of the bargain.
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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.