Phil Jackson Quotes
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Some of our players didn't look ready to play.
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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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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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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 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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It was a disappointing loss tonight. We couldn't finish it to its completion.
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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 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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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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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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I think he must have some type of injury.
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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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Make your work your play and your play your work.
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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 nice to be back in this gray, dingy hallway.
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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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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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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'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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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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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.